Duty v. Double Eagle Co.

*875OPINION OF THE COURT

This appeal concerns the date upon which the Special Fund must commence payment of its share of a workers’ compensation award where the worker and the employer have reached a pre-award, lump-sum settlement. It also concerns the rate at which the Special Fund must pay its share of the award.

On April 5,1993, claimant suffered a heart attack which he alleged was caused by work. Subsequently, he filed a workers’ compensation claim and also filed a claim based upon an allegation of coal workers’ pneumoconio-sis. Prior to the prehearing conference, claimant and the employer…