Metcalfe v. Bruning Division of AMI

Opinion by

Judge NEY.

In this workers’ compensation case, Robert Metcalfe (claimant) petitions for review of a final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals Panel determining that his permanent total disability benefits were offset by funds he received from the settlement of his third-party lawsuit. We affirm.

The facts as found by the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), because they are based primarily on a stipulation, are undisputed. In 1986, while working for respondent Brun-ing Division of AMI (employer), claimant sustained an admitted industrial injury for which employer’s insurer, Liberty…