Cabe v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.

DAVIS, Commissioner.

The basic issue at hand is whether the workmen’s compensation award due to Thomas H. Roberts shall be paid by Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation (hereinafter Olin) his employer at the time he was injured, or by the Special Fund. The Workmen’s Compensation Board awarded Roberts compensation based upon 100% permanent disability, and ordered that the compensation should be paid by Olin. Upon appeal to the circuit court a judgment was obtained reversing the Board, *251and imposing all of the unpaid liability on the Special Fund. It is to be noted that Olin has already paid…