Death & Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund v. Whirlpool Corp.

James R. Cooper, Judge.

The claimant in this workers’ compensation case sustained two successive permanent injuries in the employ of the appellee, Whirlpool Corporation. The claimant’s first injury took place in 1979, and resulted in payment of $5,174.26 in permanent partial disability benefits. The claimant returned to work at Whirlpool and was continuously employed there until he suffered a second compensable injury in 1985, which resulted in additional permanent anatomical impairment and a finding of permanent total disability. Subsequently, a dispute arose between the appellant Trust Fund…