[n3] Counsel for Argonaut prepared a settlement agreement on a printed WCAB form captioned 'Third Party Compromise and Release. 'On May 11, counsel for Argonaut sent the settlement agreement to WCAB for its approval. After Argonaut petitioned for reconsideration, the WCAB on April 6, 1971, affirmed the referee's action. The second error was committed by Argonaut when it was led into the precise error invited by the WCAB form. By ordering Argonaut, rather than Thompson or Cayocca, to pay the $ 1,404, WCAB attempted to take from Argonaut money which had never been in its hands.

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