Parks v. Tennessee Municipal League Risk Management Pool

OPINION

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

We granted the motion for review filed by the Tennessee Department of Labor’s Second Injury Fund to determine whether an employee who previously received workers’ compensation permanent partial disability benefits is entitled to permanent partial disability benefits under Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-6-241(a)(l)(Supp.1997) for a later work injury based on his total medical impairment rating for all work injuries or the medical impairment rating solely attributable to his most recent work injury.

The trial court applied the applicable statutory multiplier of 2.5 to the…