Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

SCHROEDER, Judge.

This is a dispute between two workmen’s compensation carriers concerning responsibility for compensation benefits awarded the respondent employee following an industrial incident which occurred November 5, 1975. Petitioner, Lumbermen’s Mutual Casualty Co. (Lumbermen’s), was the carri er for the employer at the time of that incident. Respondent, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty Mutual), was the carrier for the employer at the time of a prior industrial injury which occurred in 1972. The award of the Industrial Commission, based upon a finding that the employee…