Special Indemnity Fund v. Winkleman

¶ 1 This case concerns an order by the workers’ compensation trial court which held that an unpaid award from the' Special Indemnity Fund would bear interest at the rate of 18% from the date of the award — • August 16, 1993. The court applied the version of title 85, section 42 of the Workers’ Compensation Act that was in effect at the time of the award. The Special Indemnity Fund contends the court should have followed an amendment to section 42 that became effective November 4, 1994. The amendment states: “Any award from the Special Indemnity Fund prior to the effective date of this…