Mitchell v. Davol, Inc.

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This matter is before the court on an employer’s petition for certiorari to review a decree of the Appellate Commission of the Worker’s Compensation Commission declaring a suspension agreement and settlement receipt invalid. We affirm. The facts as found by the trial commissioner are in pertinent part as follows.

The employee, Mary J. Mitchell, while working for the employer, Davol, Inc., suffered a work-related incapacitating injury on September 12, 1978, which resulted in a date of incapacity of March 5, 1979. A preliminary agreement was entered into by the parties…