Viteritti v. Peakload Inc. of America

Claimant, John Viteritti, Jr., seeks reversal of a final workers’ compensation *522order wherein the judge of compensation claim (JCC) denied his petition to set aside the indemnity settlement order entered on April 12, 1990, and the medical settlement order entered on October 19, 1995, based upon the doctrine of res judi-cata and a finding that claimant was mentally competent at the time he entered into the settlements. We affirm the finding of competency, because there is competent, substantial evidence to support the JCC’s ruling. We reverse the JCC’s application of res judicata, however,…