Bennett v. Hoiseth Motor Sales

Writ of certiorari by the employer-insurer to review an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission vacating an August 1968 award and payment of benefits to the employee based upon a stipulated settlement. The sole issue presented is whether the commission, by a divided two-to-one vote, abused its discretion in ordering vacation. Because the record supports the commission’s factual findings on which its reopening order is based, we affirm.

The 1968 award resulted from a stipulation of settlement, dictated into the record during hearing, of employee’s claim for permanent total disability…