Ball-Sawyers v. Blue Springs School District

LISA WHITE HARDWICK, Judge.

This case arises from a final decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission awarding permanent total disability benefits to Tina Ball-Sawyers and imposing a penalty against the Blue Springs School District (District) and Hartford Underwriters Insurance (Hartford) for failing to comply with an order to pay for Ms. Sawyers’s medical treatment. On appeal, the District and Hartford contend the benefit award is against the weight of the evidence, and the Commission erroneously applied the law in determining the penalty. For reasons explained herein, we…