Rogers v. Wood Manufacturing

John E. Jennings, Chief Judge.

James Roy Rogers sustained an admittedly compensable injury on October 1, 1987, while attempting to move a boat. He had sustained a previous back injury while working for another employer in 1981, which resulted in a laminectomy.

An administrative law judge held a hearing in August 1991. The primary issue at that hearing centered on a dispute between the employer’s insurance carrier and the Second Injury Fund as to which incident was the cause of the claimant’s current condition. In an opinion dated October 14, 1991, the law judge made the following specific…