Riceland Foods, Inc. v. Second Injury Fund

John I. Purtle, Justice.

We granted petitions for review of the decisions of the Court of Appeals in this case and the case of McCarver v. Second Injury Fund, 289 Ark. 509, 715 S.W.2d 429 (1986), to consider Workers’ Compensation Commission decisions relating to the Second Injury Fund. The cases involve employees who received first and second injuries while employed by the same employer. The first injury in each case resulted in permanent partial disability. The nature, extent and duration of the injuries in the two cases are different; therefore, only the injuries of the employee in this case…