Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. v. Department of Labor & Industries

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (CBI), a self-insured employer, appeals an order denying it second injury fund relief and requiring CBI to deposit into the pension reserve fund 100 percent of Rex T. Nissen's pension. The issue presented is whether a self-insured employer is entitled to second injury fund relief when one of its employees becomes permanently and totally disabled from the combined effects of three injuries, two of which occurred prior to certification of the employer as a self-insurer, and the other injury occurring after certification of self insurance, but before the 1977…