MULTIPLE INJURY TRUST FUND v. MACKEY

Wyrick, J.,

with whom Combs, C.J., and Winchester, J., join, dissenting:

¶ 1 It should go without saying that when the Legislature changed the definition of “physically impaired person,” it changed the definition of “physically impaired person.” In the English language, provisos (i.e., clauses beginning with the words “provided that ...”) place a condition or limitation on the immediately preceding text;1 So when the Legislature added a proviso to the end of its definition of “physically impaired person,” it intended to place a new condition or limitation on how it had previously defined…