Special Disability Trust Fund v. Northwest Airlines

In this workers’ compensation case, the Special Disability Trust Fund seeks review of an order directing it to reimburse the employer and carrier for compensation paid. Because we can find in the record no competent, substantial evidence to support a finding “that the employer reached *480an informed conclusion prior to” the employee’s second injury that his “preexisting physical condition [wa]s permanent and [wa]s, or [wa]s likely to be, a hindrance or obstacle to [his] employment,” we reverse.

The Special Disability Trust Fund was established by the legislature with the intent “to encourage the…