Subsequent injuries; awards; extending period of payment
Sec. 15. If an employee receives a permanent injury such as
specified in section 10 of this chapter after having sustained another
permanent injury in the same employment, he shall be entitled to
compensation for both injuries, but the total compensation shall be
paid by extending the period and not by increasing the amount of
weekly compensation, and when such previous and subsequent
permanent injuries in combination result in total permanent disability
or permanent total impairment, compensation shall be payable for
such permanent total disability or permanent total impairment, but
payments made for the previous injury shall be deducted from the
total payment of compensation due.
(Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.35; Acts 1963, c.387, s.9.) As
amended by P.L.144-1986, SEC.33.
Last modified: May 27, 2006