Brockway Standard v. Harper

Cooper, Judge.

We granted appellant’s application for discretionary appeal in this workers’ compensation case to consider whether the full board erred in its application of OCGA § 34-9-351 (1) and its denial of appellants’ claim for reimbursement from the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund.

The record demonstrates that Janice Harper was employed by Brockway Standard, Inc. and covered by its workers’ compensation insurer, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, appellants in this appeal. In 1982, Harper suffered an injury at work which required surgery for a herniated lumbar disc in her lower back. Although…