Christopher R. Ellis Missouri Cases

Christopher R. Ellis appealed the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission's denial of his claim for compensation from the Tort Victims' Compensation Fund. Ellis, who suffered a work-related heat stroke and obtained an unpaid workers' compensation award from an uninsured employer, argued that his workers' compensation claim qualified him as an "uncompensated tort victim" under the relevant statute. The appellate court affirmed the Commission's decision, holding that a workers' compensation claim is an administrative adjudication and not a "personal injury lawsuit" or "wrongful death lawsuit" as required by the Fund's statutory definition.