If the employer or carrier and the injured employee desire to settle the claim, they shall file a joint petition for settlement with the Workers' Compensation Commission. After the joint petition has been filed, the Commission shall order that all workers' compensation claims between the parties covered by the joint petition have been settled. No appeal shall lie from a judgment or award denying a joint petition.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 208, § 87, eff. Feb. 1, 2014. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 476, § 33, emerg. eff. May 28, 2019.