SPEC. DIS. TRUST FUND v. FED. PACK. CO.

No. WW-389.

397 So.2d 1 (1981)

SPECIAL DISABILITY TRUST FUND, Appellant, v. FEDERAL PACKING CO. and Employers Insurance of Wausau, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 10, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clare D. Dryfuss, Tallahassee, for appellant.

W.L. Adams and Steven Kronenberg, Miami, for appellees.


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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