Clark v. Cadillac Gage

Defendant Second Injury Fund appeals from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board upholding plaintiff’s claim for total and permanent disability benefits.

On June 25, 1976, plaintiff was awarded compensation benefits for the loss of industrial use of his left leg in a work-related accident which occurred on August 13, 1973. Neither his employer, Cadillac Gage, nor its insurer, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, appealed from that award. On July 28, 1976, plaintiff filed a supplemental petition seeking benefits for total and permanent disability from the Second Injury Fund based on…