Where an injured employee receives a third-party settlement completely satisfying the employer’s obligation to pay weekly benefits before the commissioner files the arbitration award, the three-year statute of limitations in section 85.26(2) commences from the date of the arbitration award. If it is determined that the employer’s obligation to pay weekly benefits under the arbitration award was not completely satisfied by the recoveries from the third parties, the statute of limitations for the claimant’s review-reopening petition will commence running on the date the employer or insurance company makes its last payment of weekly benefits under the arbitration award.
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