LILES, WOODIE A., (Retired) Associate Judge.
The Trust Fund argues there is insufficient evidence to support the deputy commissioner's order that the employer/carrier be reimbursed from the fund for money the carrier had paid on a workers' compensation claim. We agree and reverse.
Section 440.49 provides that an employer who hires a person with a pre-existing permanent impairment may be entitled to reimbursement from the Trust Fund when the new injury merges...
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