The issue of whether claimants can demand prompt payment from the Second Injury Fund is no closer to resolution than when the Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments on the matter more than a year ago.

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Hembree v. Treasurer (MLW No. 66602/Case No. SD32982 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Lynch, J.)

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Lewis v. Treasurer (MLW No. 66587/Case No. ED100657 – 33 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Sullivan, J.)

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Stewart v. Zwiefel (MLW No. 66006/Case No. SD32827 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Scott, J.)

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Payne v. Treasurer (MLW No.65932/Case No. SD32541 – 23 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Francis Jr., J.)

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Scott v. Treasurer (MLW No. 65919/Case No. WD76602 – 13 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ellis, J.)

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Approved after years of legislative wrangling, the bill temporarily puts more money into the nearly insolvent fund but also restricts the claims that can be made against it.

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A debate over the fate of the Second Injury Fund will continue. The Missouri Senate last week spent days working on a bill that would put more money into the nearly insolvent fund while limiting the types of disabilities it covers, but lawmakers reached no resolution.

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Treasurer v. Witte (MLW No. 64144/Case No. WD74644 – 26 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ellis, J.)

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White v. University of Missouri, Kansas City (MLW No. 64147/Case No. WD74081 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Smart Jr., J.)

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Hornbeck v. Spectra Painting, Inc. (MLW No. 63966/Case No. SC92116 – 20 pages) (Missouri Supreme Court, Russell, J.; Teitelman, C.J., Breckenridge, Fischer, Stith and Price, JJ., concur. Draper, J., not participating)

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