Commercial Casualty Ins. Co. v. Hilton

Appellee filed this suit as an appeal from the action of the Industrial Accident Board, refusing- to set aside a compromise settlement of his compensation claim, which the board had approved, but which was alleged to have been obtained by mistake or fraud as to the condition of appellee’s injuries when made; and refusing to award appellee such compensation as he might show himself entitled to receive. The trial resulted in setting aside the compromise agreement for fraud, and in a lump judgment for $2,545.57 as compensation, and $5,000 for medical and hospital services in favor of appellee.

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