Workers’ Compensation : SIF Liability – Single Expert
Barnes v. Treasurer (MLW No. 71145/Case No. ED105508 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, James M. Dowd, C.J.)
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Thompson v. Treasurer (MLW No. 71425/Case No. ED105352 – 6 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Page, J.)
View ArticleEmployment Law: SIF Liability-Statute of Limitations-Settlement Stipulations
Where a claimant, who suffered work-related hearing loss, brought a claim against the Second Injury Fund, the commission did not err in denying the claim as time barred because the second-amended...
View ArticleEmployment Law: PTD Benefits-Medical Evidence-SIF Liability
Where employer challenged an award of permanent partial disability benefits and future medical expenses to a former employee, the employer failed to follow the required analytical process in its...
View ArticleWorker’s Compensation: PPD-SIF Liability-Due Process
Where a claimant argued that he was entitled to permanent total disability or permanent partial disability from the Second Injury Fund, the judgment is affirmed because the commission did not err in...
View ArticleWorkers’ Compensation: SIF Liability-Sufficiency Of Evidence
Where a claimant challenged the denial of her claim against the Second Injury Fund, the finding that the claimant failed to prove that the combination of her preexisting disabilities and primary injury...
View ArticleWorkers’ Compensation: SIF Liability-Causation-Tinnitus
Where a claimant challenged the denial of his claim for permanent total disability, sufficient competent evidence supported the finding that the work-related accident was not the prevailing factor in...
View ArticleWorkers’ Compensation: SIF Liability-PTD-Kidney Loss
Where a claimant challenged findings that he was not permanently and totally disabled and that the Second Injury Fund was thus not liable, synergy is not required for a finding of permanent total...
View ArticleWorkers’ Compensation: SIF Liability-Statutory Authority
Where the Second Injury Fund challenged a finding that a claimant was permanently and totally disabled in part due to preexisting conditions, triggering fund liability, the Labor and Industrial...
View ArticleWorkers’ Compensation: SIF Liability-Sufficiency of Evidence-Hearing Loss
Where a claimant challenged the denial of his claim against the Second Injury Fund for benefits, the claimant failed to meet his burden to show that he was permanently totally disabled due to a...
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