No case highlights the financial crisis of Missouri’s second injury better than the recent case of Skirvin v Treasurer of State of Mo. WD 75441 (Mo. App. 2013), 2013 Mo App. Lexis 84 , which describes the Fund’s incapacity to pay millions of dollars in awarded...
Claimant’s “harrowing experiences” during the Bosnian war entitled him to permanent and total disability benefits against the Second Injury Fund, according to the Commission in the case Music v Red Brick Management, 2013 MOWCLR Lexis 1 , which...
An employee injured in Missouri may be able to claim additional benefits from the Second Injury Fund (SIF) if the employee had a pre-existing disability that reaches a statutory minimum level of disability. The Commission claims in several recent cases that it...
By John Stahl, Esq. The article “Guidance for a Reasonably Designed, Employer-Sponsored Wellness Program Using Outcomes-Based Incentives” in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine demonstrates how employer-sponsored outcomes-based...
An employee may collect benefits from the second injury fund, even though the underlying medical condition considered by itself may not qualify for the minimum statutory threshold. The Commission now clarifies what it perceives as a common “misperception”...