Sweep v. Hanson Silo Co.

COYNE, Justice.

Relators, employer and insurer, seek review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals disapproving a proposed settlement filed by the parties during the pendency of relators’ appeal from a compensation judge’s denial of their petition to discontinue payment of temporary total disability benefits. We affirm.

Relators’ chief contention is that the WCCA was required by Minn.Stat. § 176.-521, subds. 2 and 2a (1984), to accept the proposed settlement. These provisions are applicable when parties to the settlement are represented by counsel, as they were in this case.…