Maglothin v. TRYCO STEEL CORP.

Plaintiff was injured at work on September 28, 1976, when the deck of a parking garage on which he was working collapsed, causing plaintiff to fall onto a steel rod. Tryco Steel and Great American Insurance Company (defendants), paid general disability weekly compensation benefits pursuant to the Worker’s Disability Compensation Act. On May 4, 1979, plaintiff filed a petition for hearing with the Bureau of Workers’ Disability Compensation (bureau) claiming that he had suffered total and permanent industrial loss of use of both legs and seeking differential benefits from the Second Injury Fund…