Court Opinion

ID: 9732194
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 16:11:07.976378+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:22:33.416564
License: Public Domain

Concurring Opinion
by Judge PELLEGRINI.
I concur with the decision reached by the majority because Section 413(a) of the Workers’ Compensation Act, Act of June 2, 1915, P.L. 736, as amended, 77 P.S. § 772, authorizes a Workers’ Compensation Judge to terminate supplemental agreements upon petition and upon proof that the work-injury has finally ceased. I write separately to emphasize that the agreement at issue in this case was merely a supplemental agreement and not a true “Compromise & Release” as contemplated by Section 449 of the Workers’ Compensation Act, 77 P.S. § 1000.5. Had this case involved a true compromise and release, only allegations of fraud, mutual mistake, or the like would justify opening the settlement and modifying the parties’ respective obligations.