Messex v. Sachs Electric Co.

KENT E. KAROHL, Judge.

We have consolidated appeals of the employer and insurer with the appeal of claimant-employee (Claimant) from a final award of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (Commission) in a workers’ compensation case. Claimant alleged an occupational disease, repetitive trauma injury that occurred in late 1992. On March 28, 1997 the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) granted Claimant an award against employer and insurer for 17.5% permanent-partial disability of the low back and against the Second Injury Fund (Fund) for permanent-total disability benefits. On February 2,…