Filtered Decisions

The Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's award of workers' compensation to Helena D. Deschenes for a left hand injury sustained on October 24, 2007, when a frosting can smashed her hand while she was moving items on a conveyor belt. The employee was awarded $7,043.82 in compensation for permanent partial disability (amputation at distal joint of ring finger) and disfigurement, plus reasonable and necessary medical aid for ongoing treatment including prosthesis and replacements.

The Missouri Court of Appeals reversed the Commission's award of disability benefits and medical expenses, ruling that the employee was a domestic servant excluded from workers' compensation coverage. The Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's decision finding the employee ineligible for workers' compensation because she was employed as a household caregiver in a private home.

The Commission affirmed the administrative law judge's award allowing workers' compensation benefits for Charles D. Pate's back injury sustained on December 18, 2003, while setting a residential meter. The employee was awarded 40% permanent partial disability with a weekly compensation rate of $556.02 for temporary and permanent total disability.

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's award of temporary total disability benefits for Charles C. Miller's work-related back and left leg injury sustained on May 4, 2009, from repetitive lifting, pulling, and carrying of building materials. The employee is entitled to weekly compensation of $772.53 for temporary total disability and authorized medical treatment, with proceedings remaining open for a final award.

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirmed the administrative law judge's award of workers' compensation benefits to Kathleen Elmore for repetitive trauma injury from computer keyboard data entry work. The Second Injury Fund was found liable for 40 weeks of compensation totaling $13,882.00.

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's award denying workers' compensation benefits in the case of Kathy Siebert against Miss Elaine, Inc. The decision found that the ALJ's award was supported by competent and substantial evidence and complied with Missouri Workers' Compensation Law.

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirmed the administrative law judge's award of workers' compensation benefits in this case. The Commission found that the ALJ's decision was supported by competent and substantial evidence and in accordance with Missouri Workers' Compensation Law.

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirmed the administrative law judge's decision denying workers' compensation benefits to Randy D. Wright. No compensation was awarded in the case, with the Commission finding the ALJ's award was supported by competent and substantial evidence and in accordance with Missouri Workers' Compensation Law.

The Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's award allowing workers' compensation benefits for Murl L. Brown's cervical spine injury sustained in a motor vehicle accident on November 16, 2000. The employee was awarded 15% permanent partial disability of the body as a whole, combining with preexisting disability to result in permanent and total disability.

The Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's decision denying workers' compensation benefits to employee James W. Auxier for injuries allegedly sustained from a fall from a trailer in Dallas, Texas on March 16, 2009. The claim was denied and dismissed for lack of jurisdiction under the Missouri Workers' Compensation Law.

The Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's decision denying workers' compensation benefits to Nora J. Wigger for an alleged right shoulder injury sustained while picking weeds. The injury was found not to have arisen out of and in the course of employment under Missouri workers' compensation law.

The Commission affirmed the administrative law judge's award of workers' compensation benefits to Shelby Mays for a low back injury sustained on March 3, 2005 while operating a sizer machine. The employee was awarded permanent total disability benefits from the Second Injury Fund, with compensation previously settled by compromise settlement agreement with the employer-insurer.

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's award of workers' compensation benefits to employee Lori Myers. The Commission found the judge's decision was supported by competent and substantial evidence and in accordance with Missouri Workers' Compensation Law.

The Commission affirmed the administrative law judge's award of workers' compensation benefits to employee Constance Lunn for a right shoulder fracture (right proximal humerus) sustained on September 8, 2006, while working at a school football game ticket booth. The employee was awarded 17.5% permanent partial disability benefits totaling $15,404.47 in additional temporary total disability and permanent partial disability compensation.

The Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's award allowing workers' compensation benefits to Byron Proffer for a cervical spine injury sustained on October 13, 2004, while pushing a 55-gallon drum of oil at Federal Mogul Corp. The employee was found to have permanent total disability and awarded ongoing compensation at $601.80 per week beginning September 15, 2006, along with medical benefits and temporary total disability payments.

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirmed the administrative law judge's decision denying workers' compensation benefits to an employee who sustained a lateral meniscus tear to her knee when a patient bed rolled unexpectedly during repositioning. The Commission found the employee failed to prove that the accident, rather than preexisting arthritis, was the prevailing factor in causing the need for knee replacement surgery.

The Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's award denying compensation in the workers' compensation case of Darryl Weber. The Second Injury Fund's participation was dismissed.

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirmed the administrative law judge's award of workers' compensation benefits to Norma Williams for a right shoulder injury sustained on August 20, 2007, when she tripped and fell on a concrete walkway at her workplace. The award included 40% permanent partial disability compensation, back medical expenses of $61,335.95, and additional benefits totaling $40,410.38.

The Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's award of workers' compensation benefits to Charles Jones for a work-related injury sustained on September 12, 2005, during Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts when he was cut by a wire, resulting in the development of RSD (CRPS). The employee was determined to have permanent total disability with benefits including temporary total disability compensation of $49,183.64 and medical aid totaling $281,266.85.

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's award denying compensation in this workers' compensation case for employee Joseph H. Butler. The Commission found that the judge's decision was supported by competent and substantial evidence and complied with Missouri Workers' Compensation Law.

The LIRC affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's award of permanent total disability benefits to employee Sherry Sellars for injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident on April 30, 2007, which resulted in a compression fracture at T-12 requiring surgical intervention. The Commission rejected the employer/insurer's argument that subjective mental disability findings should not prevail, finding that both the objective physical disability and the resultant psychic disability combined to warrant permanent total disability status.

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's decision denying workers' compensation benefits to Charles Hurst. The Commission found that the award was supported by competent and substantial evidence and in accordance with Missouri Workers' Compensation Law.

The Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's award of workers' compensation benefits to Hali Batton for a compensable occupational disease injury to her neck, body as a whole, and left shoulder sustained on January 21, 2004, resulting from repetitive overhead work. The award includes permanent partial disability benefits from the employer and permanent total disability benefits from the Second Injury Fund.

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirmed the administrative law judge's award allowing workers' compensation for Terry Williams. The decision was issued on August 10, 2010, affirming the January 11, 2010 award and approving the attorney's fee as fair and reasonable.

The Commission affirmed the administrative law judge's award allowing workers' compensation benefits to Sonia Revels for a right shoulder and cervical spine injury sustained on November 9, 2001, when a box fell while she was stacking boxes at Fulton State Hospital. The claimant was awarded permanent partial disability benefits of 111-1/7 weeks and permanent total disability benefits of $224.14 per week beginning June 4, 2003, for a total award of $51,321.