McDowell v. State Accident Insurance Fund

Two questions are presented by this workmen’s compensation appeal:(1) May a claimant who was awarded permanent total disability prior to the 1965 amendments to the Workmen’s Compensation Law appeal from an own-motion order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board issued in 1971 reducing claimant’s award to permanent partial disability, and, if so, (2) may claimant prosecute such appeal against the State Accident Insurance Fund rather than the Workmen’s Compensation Board?

Defendant, State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF), appeals from a jury verdict which found the claimant permanently and totally…