Employment 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 points on appeal, and the judgment is affirmed because the commission’s decision to grant compensation was not contrary to the overwhelming weight of the evidence, […]
Criminal Law : Closing Argument – Witness Testimony – Medical Evidence
State v. Galvin (MLW No. 68911/Case No. ED102438 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Gaertner Jr., J.)
Unemployment Compensation : Childbirth – Ability To Work – Medical Evidence
Sheridan v. Division of Employment Security (MLW No. 66188/Case No. WD76046 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western Distict, Witt, J.)
Workers’ Compensation: SIF Liability – Medical Evidence – Credibility Determination
Tombaugh v. Treasurer (MLW No. 62703/Case No. WD73171 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Mitchell, J.)
Workers’ Compensation: Compensability – Brain Injury – Medical Evidence
Lingo v. Midwest Block and Brick, Inc. (MLW No. 60489/Case No. WD71501 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, P.J.) Even though a worker’s experts gave evidence that the worker suffered from vertigo, nausea, dizziness and balance problems, the testimony did not support the worker’s claim that he sustained a traumatic brain […]
Social Security
Denial Of Benefits Medical Evidence Balancing  Where a claimant of Social Security disability benefits and supplemental security income appealed the denial of benefits, the administrative law judge’s conclusion that the medical opinions of a treating doctor were not entitled to controlling weight was supported by substantial evidence, and there was also no evidence that the […]
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