Filtered Decisions

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirmed the administrative law judge's award denying workers' compensation to Angeline Thomas for an alleged injury on September 10, 2003. The Commission found that the administrative law judge correctly evaluated the lay and medical testimony presented in the case.

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission modified the Administrative Law Judge's award regarding death benefits for dependents of Kevin G. Politte, who died from a work-related accident on May 14, 2002. The Commission affirmed in part and reversed in part the determination of which dependents qualified for workers' compensation death benefits under Missouri law.

The Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's award of workers' compensation benefits to Oscar Graves for a right shoulder injury sustained while lifting a dock plate on December 20, 2000. The employee was awarded 40 percent permanent partial disability and permanent total disability benefits from the Second Injury Fund.

The Missouri LIRC affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's award allowing workers' compensation to Cayree Ragsdale for repetitive strain injuries to both wrists and hands sustained on June 24, 1999. The claimant was awarded 20% permanent partial disability to both upper extremities, 8 weeks of permanent partial disability compensation, 8 weeks of disfigurement compensation, and future medical care for hardware removal.

The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the claim, finding that the Commission's denial of benefits based on lack of direct contractual relationship between claimant and Nationwide Paper was a misapplication of law. David Martinez, a self-employed lumper, was injured on May 26, 1999 while unloading a truck at Nationwide's facility after being contracted by the truck driver.

The Commission affirmed the administrative law judge's award allowing workers' compensation benefits for Garry Moore's occupational injuries to his neck and body sustained on multiple dates between July 1998 and May 2001 while employed by ASARCO, Inc. and Doe Run Company. The employee was found to have permanent and total disability, with compensation awarded for temporary total disability and necessary medical aid.

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's award allowing workers' compensation benefits to Cheryl Jennings for a workplace injury on September 16, 1997. The Commission agreed that a previously ordered medical procedure was not causally related to the injury and therefore medical expenses and disability stemming from that procedure were not compensable.