Rencken v. State Accident Insurance Fund

The State Accident Insurance Fund appeals from a circuit court order which reversed the Workmen’s Compensation Board and reinstated a hearing officer’s order awarding claimant permanent total disability benefits. These portions of the hearing officer’s findings of fact, fully supported by the record, serve as a statement of the case:

“Claimant suffered a compensable accidental injury to her left knee on September 23, 1966. Her claim was accepted and subsequently closed on December 28, 1971, by Determination Order of the Closing and Evaluation Division, Workmen’s Compensation Board, awarding…