Second Injury Fund v. Streator Chevrolet

ZIMMERMAN, Justice:

This case raises for the first time the proper interpretation of the 1981 amendments to section 35-1-69(1) of the Code relating to the circumstances under which an injured worker is entitled to recover not only for permanent partial incapacity caused by an industrial injury, but also for permanent partial incapacities incurred pri- or to the industrial injury. The Industrial Commission awarded claimant Webb compensation for permanent partial incapacity resulting from injuries to his back sustained as a result of an on-the-job accident in 1982. It also awarded him…