Sparks Regional Medical Center v. Death & Permanent Total Disability Bank Fund

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

This is an appeal from the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission and presents the question of whether the employer or the Death and Permanent Total Disability Bank Fund is liable for certain weekly benefits due to the claimant.

The claimant suffered a compensable injury on December 26,1980. The Commission held that his healing period ended on February 7, 1983, and that he became permanently and totally disabled on that date. It was stipulated that, as of December 6, 1984, the employer had paid weekly indemnity benefits totaling $25,956.00 and medical benefits of…