Hines v. Taco Tico

Briscoe, J.:

The Workers’ Compensation Fund appeals from a finding that Taco Tico hired claimant Kathy L. Hines knowing she was handicapped. As a result of this finding, the Fund was required to reimburse Taco Tico and its insurance carrier for 100 percent of the workers’ compensation payments made to Hines.

Hines underwent surgery for a spinal fusion in 1974 after she fell from a horse. When she applied for a job at Taco Tico in 1981, she indicated she had not had any back injuries or problems. She did tell the local manager of her 1974 back injury, saying, however, that she had had no…