Court Opinion

ID: 9551356
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 18:51:59.123725+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:23:38.442960
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*437Fatzer, J.,
dissenting: I am in accord with what is said in Chief Justice Price’s dissenting opinion, but I wish to add that K. S. A. 44-525 specifically provides that no award shall provide for payment of compensation in a lump sum except (1) as shall be found due and unpaid at the time of the award, and (2) in a settlement agreement between the employee and employer, approved by the director in his discretion, in which event credit shall be given to the employer for any amounts paid by him prior to the date of the award. K. S. A. 44-525 and 44-528 are not complementary, and the former may not be construed as implementing the latter.
Kaul, J., joins in the foregoing dissenting opinion.