Taylor, Beverly

Beverly Taylor, a former claims adjuster, sustained an accepted industrial injury to her neck, shoulder, and back in a 1993 auto accident. After being convicted of insurance fraud and ordered to pay $25,150 in restitution, she entered into a $15,000 Compromise and Release (C&R) in 1997 that, per its Addendum B, applied the net proceeds as a credit against the restitution order rather than full satisfaction of it. Years later she sought to vacate or modify the C&R, contending it had satisfied the entire restitution obligation. The WCJ found the C&R was not procured by fraud, applied as a credit only, and declined to vacate it; the WCAB granted reconsideration solely to correct a clerical date error (changing 'May 8, 2023' to 'May 8, 1997') and otherwise affirmed the WCJ's findings and order.