MULTIPLE INJURY TRUST FUND v. GARRETT

¶ 1 The dispositive issue presented on review is whether the claimant met the statutory definition of a “physically impaired person” at the time of the claimant’s second on-the-job injury for purposes of determining eligibility for Multiple Injury Trust Fund (Fund) benefits. Subsumed in this determination is whether a duly-executed settlement agreement — memorialized on a form prescribed by the Workers’ Compensation Court (WCC) — constitutes an adjudication of the claimant’s disabilities. This Court answers both questions in the affirmative.

I. BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

¶2 On April 29,…