Blair v. State Accident Insurance Fund

Robert D. Blair, claimant in this workmen’s compensation case, suffered two on-the-job injuries to the same area of his lower back, the first in 1970, the second in 1972. Claims were made to and settled by the State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF), who had the coverage on both employers. An award of 64 degrees’ permanent partial disability was made in April 1972 *231for the first injury. The second injury occurred in December 1972. Prior to the closing of his claim in May 1973 for the second injury, only temporary total disability was allowed. Shortly thereafter, pursuant to a written medical…