Adams v. Transamerica Insurance Group

*771BUTTLER, P. J.

In this action, an attorney, on his own behalf, seeks a judgment declaring the rights of the parties under a referee’s order approving a settlement for $27,500 of a purported "bona fide dispute over compensability of a claim” by a worker under ORS 656.289(4) of the Workers’ Compensation Act. The complaint alleged that the "own motion” order made by the Workers’ Compensation Board setting aside the settlement, together with its approval by the referee, as a release prohibited by ORS 656.2361 was void. The prayer was for a determination that the settlement agreement was valid.

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