A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court this week ruled that adjudication of a pre-existing, non-work related disability made simultaneously with adjudication of a pre-existing work-related injury could not support an award of permanent total disability benefits payable by the Multiple Injury Trust Fund.
Trina Engles had suffered a neck injury in December 2005 after she fell backwards out of a chair at work. She received an award of temporary total disability benefits for her injury in August 2006.
In January 2010, Engles stopped receiving TTD and began collecting permanent partial disability benef...
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