Sayre v. State Second Injury Fund

Melvin Mayfield, Judge.

Appellant has appealed a Workers’ Compensation Commission decision holding that a joint petition settlement, approved by the Commission, eliminates the Commission’s jurisdiction over any additional claim for the same injury or any results arising from that injury.

Appellant sustained a broken hip in a compensable accident that occurred on November 30,1981. In 1972, while. working for a different employer, she lost several fingers in another work-related accident and was given a 100% impairment rating to her hand. After she filed a claim for her hip injury against the…