Patterson v. Arkansas Department of Health

MARGARET Meads, Judge.

This case involves an appeal and a cross-appeal from a decision in which the Workers’ Compensation Commission held that the preponderance of the evidence shows that appellant is not permanently and totally disabled and that Second Injury Fund (SIF) has no liability. We reverse and remand on direct appeal and affirm on cross-appeal.

At the hearing on appellant’s claim, it was stipulated that appellant, Annalee Patterson, sustained a compensable injury on December 19, 1991, and that appellees, Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) and the Arkansas Insurance Department, Public…