Thompson v. Firemen's Fund Insurance Co.

DAUGHTREY, Justice.

In this workers’ compensation action, we are asked to determine whether a 1982 judgment entered on the basis of an agreed order can be re-opened and modified seven years later, in order to permit additional recovery for medical expenses and impairment arising after the original action was settled.

The current activity in this ease was initiated by means of a “petition to rehear,” in which the plaintiff, Margaret D. Thompson, recounted the facts surrounding her 1979 work-related injury and alleged that the order entered in 1982 was “insufficient as a matter of law.” The…