Minton v. State Industries, Inc.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

This is an appeal by the Tennessee Department of Labor, Second Injury Fund (the Fund), Defendant-Appellant, from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County ordering the Fund to pay 50 percent of the benefits due to the employee, Thelma M. Minton, Plaintiff-Appellee, who was determined to be totally and permanently disabled. The trial court found that subsection (a) of T.C.A. § 50-6-208 applied and that the employer, State Indus*74tries, Inc., and its insurer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company were liable for 200 weeks of benefits (the maximum for an injury to the…