Douglas Tobacco Products Co. v. Gerrald

John B. Robbins, Chief Judge.

The parties in this workers’ compensation case stipulated that appellee Betty J. Gerrald suffered a compensable back injury while working for appellant Douglas Tobacco Products on October 4, 1994. Subsequent to the injury, she was assigned a thirteen percent permanent partial impairment rating to the body as a whole. The issues before the Workers’ Compensation Commission were the extent of any wage-loss disability and, if any disability benefits were awarded, whether appellee Second Injury Fund was liable. After a hearing, the Commission found that Ms. Gerrald was…