Case Name: In the Matter of the Compensation of Minnie K. Carter, Claimant, Deceased. CARTER, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND CORPORATION, Respondent
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1982-06-30
Citations: 58 Or. App. 73
Docket Number: WCB Case No. 79-04667, CA A23071
Parties: In the Matter of the Compensation of Minnie K. Carter, Claimant, Deceased. CARTER, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND CORPORATION, Respondent.
Judges: Before Buttler, Presiding Judge, and Warren and Rossman, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 58
Pages: 73–74

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted May 10,
appeal dismissed June 30, 1982
In the Matter of the Compensation of Minnie K. Carter, Claimant, Deceased. CARTER, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND CORPORATION, Respondent.
(WCB Case No. 79-04667, CA A23071)
647 P2d 479
Samuel J. Imperati, Portland, argued the cause for petiioner. With him on the brief was Welch, Bruun & Green, ortland.
Darrell E. Bewley, State Accident Insurance Fund Cor-oration, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for espondent.
Before Buttler, Presiding Judge, and Warren and Rossman, Judges.
PER CURIAM.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Claimant appeals from a determination by the Workers' Compensation Board refusing to give effect to a claim settlement negotiated between counsel for claimant and counsel for SAIF before claimant's death. At oral argument, we pointed out that, because claimant is deceased, no party was properly before us on the appeal. Accordingly, counsel filed a "Motion to Appoint Deceased Claimant's Personal Representative as Petitioner and Real Party in Interest." Because the personal representative was granted letters of administration in the State of Washington, but not in this state, the Washington personal representative would not be a proper party. The motion is, therefore, denied.
Appeal dismissed.
We note two other potential problems here: the evident failure of a proper personal representative to file the settlement with the referee after claimant's death and the apparent lack of claimant's express authorization for or ratification of the act of counsel's entering into a binding settlement. See Johnson v. Tesky, 57 Or App 133, 136-37, 643 P2d 1344 (1982).