Special Indemnity Fund of the Oklahoma v. Tyler

IRWIN, Justice.

Under challenge in this proceeding is the trial tribunal’s finding that claimant is permanently totally disabled from the cumulative effect of his former impairments, considered in combination with the disability produced by the last injury standing alone.

The last accident occurred when claimant fell from a ladder hurting his back and foot. The claim for this injury was settled on joint petition. In the present proceeding against the Special Indemnity Fund, hereinafter called Fund, claimant sought to recover additional benefits under the provisions of Title 85 O.S.1951 § 171,…