Compromise Settlements Under Workmen's Compensation Act & Occupational Disease Act

PACKEL, Attorney General,

By your memorandum of May 20,1974, you have asked whether compromise settlement agreements of claims made under the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, as amended, 77 PS §1, et seq., and the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act of June 21, 1939, P. L. 566, 77 PS §1201, et seq., are lawful.

It is our opinion, and you are hereby so advised, that such settlements, whether by lump sum or installment payments, are not lawful and may not be approved or condoned by your department.

The compromise settlement agreements to which we are referring…