Lee v. Special Indemnity Fund

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ADAMS, Judge:

A three judge panel of the Workers’ Compensation Court, sitting en banc, sustained a trial court order finding James H. Lee (Claimant) had permanent partial disability of 82 per cent to the body as a whole. The sustained order further determined Claimant was a previously impaired person as defined in 85 O.S. 1990 Supp. §171 and entitled to additional benefits from the Special Indemnity Fund (Fund). In doing so the trial court found that prior to his most recent injury Claimant had 30% permanent partial disability due to two previous injuries while employed in…