Dennison v. Pinke

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Brown, J.), entered May 10, 1993 in Saratoga County, which denied plaintiffs motion for nunc pro tunc approval of her settlement of the action.

Plaintiff, who was injured in an automobile accident during *854the course of her employment, settled her claim against the driver of the other vehicle in October 1990 without the consent of the workers’ compensation carrier, which had paid plaintiff for lost earnings for the 12-week period following the accident. In November 1990, the carrier denied plaintiff’s request for additional benefits to pay for dental…