Chicago Mill & Lumber Co. v. Greer

Frank Holt, Justice.

At the time petitioner employed respondent Greer, he had a wooden left leg as a result of an accident many years previously. In January, 1978, the employee suffered a fracture of his right ankle at work, an acknowledged compensable injury. The Commission found that as a result of the amputation of his left leg and 40% impairment of his right leg the employee was permanently and totally disabled; the preexisting amputation of the left leg was independently causing a disability; and the statutory Second Injury Fund, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 81-1313 (f) (2) (iii), was inapplicable…