Payment for Second Injuries.
Article 216
ART. 216. Payment for Second Injuries. — (a) If an employee who has a permanent partial physical impairment suffers an injury which results in a permanent partial or permanent total disability materially and substantially greater than that which would have resulted from the subsequent injury alone, the System shall be liable fully under Chapter 5 of this Title, and shall pay to the injured employee income benefits equivalent to the actual disability sustained in the second injury. If the subsequent injury as set forth in the preceding paragraph results in death of the employee, the System shall pay one hundred percent (100%) of the prescribed compensation.