American Coal Co. v. Sandstrom

HALL, Chief Justice:

The plaintiffs, American Coal Co., Emery Mining Corporation and the State Insurance Fund, seek reversal of an Industrial Commission order awarding workmen’s compensation benefits to Terry W. Sand-strom, but refusing reimbursement from the Second Injury Fund for medical benefits and temporary disability benefits paid by the Second Injury Fund to Sandstrom during the period of temporary disability.

Sandstrom sustained personal injury in four separate industrial accidents during the period between 1977 and 1981. The State Insurance Fund was the insurance carrier for each of…