Where the Second Injury Fund challenged an award declaring the claimant to be permanently and totally disabled, the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission did not err in invoking the rule of necessity to allow a commissioner who had previously recused ...

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Where a claimant challenged the denial of permanent disability benefits from the Second Injury Fund, the award was supported by substantial and competent evidence on the whole record, so the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission did not err in finding ...

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Glasco v. Treasurer (MLW No. 71127/Case No. WD80186 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, J.)

Tagged with: Combined Effect Permanent Total Disability Pre-Existing Disability Workers’ Compensation