SUBSEQUENT INJURY TRUST v. HANSON INDUS.

A93A2099.

211 Ga. App. 700 (1994)

440 S.E.2d 89

SUBSEQUENT INJURY TRUST FUND v. HANSON INDUSTRIES et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 24, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Jeffrey L. Milsteen, Senior Assistant Attorney General, K. Prabhaker Reddy, Assistant Attorney General, Dana E. McDonald, for appellant.

Savell & Williams, John M. Williams, Jennifer H. Chapin, Mark S. Gannon, Harris, Hartman, Aaron, Wharton & Boyd, William G. Boyd, for appellees.


JOHNSON, Judge.

We granted this discretionary appeal to determine whether the trial court erred in affirming the determination of the Workers' Compensation Board that a worker's pre-existing permanent impairment constitutes a "first injury" such that when a compensable event merges with the pre-existing condition, reimbursement for excess liability from the Subsequent Injury Trust Fund is appropriate.

Annie Foster worked for Hanson Industries, d/b/a Georgia...

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