Watt v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Insurance Co.

OPINION

ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., J.,

dehvered the opinion of the court,

in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., E. RILEY ANDERSON and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

This case requires construction of the Second Injury Fund statute, Tenn.Code Ann. § 50-6-208 (1999 Repl.). Travis Milton Watt has suffered two successive scheduled-member injuries: (1) a 50 percent disabihty to the hand, which equates to an 18.75 percent disabihty to the body as a whole; and (2) a 100 percent disabihty to the leg, which equates to a 50 percent disabihty to the body as a whole. The trial court found that the two injuries…