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Listed below is McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A.'s workers' compensation case law database. The database dates back until 1971 and includes over 5500 workers' compensation court decisions.
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Patco Transport, Inc. v. Estupinan
30 FLW D2797
Claimant filed civil suit against employer and settled the claim executing a "general release with indemnification." Thereafter, a workers’ compensation claim was filed against the employer. Court determined that the general release was broad enough to cover any petitions for workers’ compensation benefits when the settlement agreement stated that the payments therein made were in "full settlement and discharged of all claims which are, or might have been, the subject of the complaint . . . " Dissenting opinion.