Widow Loses Bid to Collect Settlement After Her Husband Died

A Pennsylvania widow lost her appeal to receive an agreed-upon $25,000 settlement for her husband's workers' compensation claim because he died before the settlement was finalized. In Miller v. WCAB, No. 552 C.D. 2007, 1/04/08, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a ruling against Rochelle Miller's attempt to enforce a compromise and release agreement (C&R). Rochelle's husband, Bennet, suffered a work-related ankle injury in 1989. His attorney accepted a $25,000 settlement offer from his employer in April 2004. Next, the employer asked Bennet's counsel to con...