SUMMARY
This chapter will assist lawyers in crafting an appropriate workers’ compensation settlement agreement, discussing the three different types of settlement agreements, when a particular type of agreement may be appropriate, and procedures for obtaining approval of a settlement agreement. PDF Download - After purchase go to My Content to retrieve your digital file(s).
DESCRIPTION
Chapter 22
RELEASES AND SETTLEMENTS
Christine Coffelt Frost
§ 22.1 INTRODUCTION
§ 22.2 RELEASES AND SETTLEMENTS UNDER ORS CHAPTER 656
§ 22.2-1 Agreements Defined
§ 22.2-2 Language Limitations
§ 22.3 STIPULATED SETTLEMENT
§ 22.3-1 Scope of Subject
§ 22.3-2 Approval by an Administrative Law Judge, Workers’ Compensation Board, or Court
§ 22.4 DISPUTED-CLAIM SETTLEMENTS
§ 22.4-1 Requirements
§ 22.4-2 Outstanding Medical Bills
§ 22.5 CLAIM-DISPOSITION AGREEMENTS
§ 22.6 SETTLEMENTS OF PREVIOUSLY ACCEPTED CLAIMS
§ 22.6-1 Backup Denials
§ 22.6-2 Third-Party Claims
§ 22.7 WHY PARTIES SETTLE