Tiedeman v. Cooper Logging, Inc.

The appellant, State Compensation Insurance Fund, appeals from a decision that the respondent, Ronald Tiedeman is entitled to a lump sum advance of a potential partial disability award without reduction for permanent partial disability payments made as a result of a prior injury to the same body part.

We affirm.

The issue presented is whether the Workers’ Compensation Court erred in holding that the claimant is entitled to permanent partial disability benefits without any deduction of a previous permanent partial disability award as a result of a prior injury to the same body part.

The…