Special Indemnity Fund v. Richardson

*533MEMORANDUM OPINION

ADAMS, Vice Chief Judge.

This review proceeding presents one legal issue for our consideration — the proper interpretation to be given 85 O.S.Supp.1993 § 171. Essentially, the question is: did the amendment of § 171 by the Legislature in 1993 effect a change in the definition of a physically impaired person?1

The Workers’ Compensation trial court found Claimant Tex Danny Richardson sustained 24.4 per cent permanent partial disability to the body as a whole from an employment-related low back injury sustained on July 6, 1994. The court also determined Claimant had a 35 per cent…