Brian Jones v. Town of Redding

Summary

The court affirmed the compensation review board's determination that the commission could not reopen and modify the parties' approved workers' compensation agreement based on a mistake of law concerning subject matter jurisdiction. The plaintiff was not aggrieved by the commissioner's favorable decision and therefore was not required to file a cross appeal for the board to review conclusions that were inseparably connected to the defendant's appeal. The agreement could not be reopened under the statutory modification provision because the parties' mistaken assumption about statutory coverage was not a changed condition of fact, accident, fraud, or a qualifying mistake of fact. No separate opinions were filed.