Mead v. Jessex, Inc.

GEATHERS, J.:

In this workers’ compensation case, the Uninsured Employers’ Fund (the Fund) appeals the circuit court’s order reversing the Appellate Panel’s denial of Chad W. Mead’s (Mead) application for a change of condition for the worse to his left hip and leg allegedly caused by his original compensable injury. The Fund asserts the circuit court erred in failing to affirm the Appellate Panel’s finding that the claim for a change of condition was barred by res judicata. We agree.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In late January or early February 2000, Mead sustained an on-the-job injury.…