Wells v. Morris

WHITE, Judge.

This is an appeal by the Special Fund from a judgment of the Fayette Circuit Court reversing the Board’s finding of a 20% occupational disability and remanding the case to the Board for further findings regarding percentage of functional impairment. We affirm.

This ease is peculiar in that the initial appeal from the Board to the Fayette Circuit Court was by the claimant, who had received an award from the Board for a 20% permanent partial occupational disability. The award had been divided, with 12% recovery being from the employer for the injury and 8% recovery from the Special…