Pom, Inc. v. Taylor

David NEWBERN, Justice.

This is another in a series of workers’ compensation cases dealing with the proof necessary to establish Second Injury Fund liability. In 1989, Carl Ray Taylor suffered a compensable injury requiring surgery to the L-4 — L-5 area of his back while he was employed by the appellant, POM, Inc. He had suffered a work-related injury in the same area of his back in 1983. The second injury also required surgery. After his second injury he was assigned a disability rating of 25%.

Arkansas Code Ann. § ll-9-525(a)(l) and (2) (Repl. 1996) provides that the Second Injury Fund is…