BLANCHE, Justice.
This case presents the question of whether an oral compromise of a workers' compensation claim, made in open court and approved by the trial judge prevents the plaintiff from subsequently withdrawing from the compromise before a joint verified petition is presented to the court.
Labertha Colbert, the plaintiff, was an employee of the Louisiana State University Dental School. In June, 1980, she tripped on a telephone cord during work, and...
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