State Accident Insurance Fund Corp. v. Maddox

This workers’ compensation case has been through this court twice on its way from the Workers’ Compensation Board to the Supreme Court and back again on remand.1 The Board had determined the claim to be compensable, but did not determine the extent of disability. While the compensability issue was on appeal through the courts, the referee proceeded to determine the extent of claimant’s disability and awarded permanent total disability. Before the Board, SAIF contended that the referee lacked jurisdiction to rate the extent of disability while the issue of compensability was on appeal. The…