Death & Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund v. Hempstead County

Ernie E. Wright, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant, Death and Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund, appeals from a November 2,1989, decision of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission finding that appellee, Public Employee Claims Division, in calculating its maximum liability under Ark. Stat. Ann. § 81-1310(c)(2) (Repl. 1976), is entitled to credit for both permanent total disability benefits paid to the claimant during his lifetime and death benefits paid to claimant’s dependent.

The facts in the case are not in dispute. The claimant suffered a compensable injury to his hip on July 30,…