Roadside Auto Body, Inc. v. Miller

The plaintiffs, Roadside Auto Body, Inc. (Roadside), and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty Mutual), filed this declaratory judgment action in the circuit court of Lake County against the defendants, Scott Miller and the Industrial Commission (Commission), seeking to vacate as fraudulent a workers’ compensation settlement agreement approved by the Commission. Following a bench trial, the trial court found that Miller fraudulently filed a workers’ compensation claim, and, therefore, the settlement agreement entered into by the parties was void. The court entered judgment in favor of the…