ENGLES v. MULTIPLE INJURY TRUST FUND

¶1 The issue before this Court is whether the claimant's adjudication of a preexisting non-work related disability made simultaneously with adjudication of aggravating a preexisting work-related injury, could support an award of permanent and total disability.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

¶2 Petitioner Trina Engles received temporary total disability benefits on August 4, 2006, for a December 2, 2005 injury. She had fallen backwards in a chair at work, which caused the injury. She filed her Form 3 about a month later. On January 15, 2010, Ms. Engles received permanent partial disability benefits for the…