Urry v. Walker & Fox Masonry Contractors

1988 OPINION NO. 91, ISSUED OCTOBER 11,1988, IS HEREBY WITHDRAWN AND THIS OPINION IS SUBSTITUTED THEREFOR.

*752BURNETT, Justice Pro Tem.

In this case we examine the distinction between impairment and disability under the workers’ compensation statutes. The case comes to us on appeal from an order of the Industrial Commission, denying David Urry’s application for permanent partial disability benefits in connection with an injury suffered in 1984. Because Urry had received such benefits for a similar injury in 1979, his application sought either to modify the previous agreement or to obtain a new…