Cooper v. Medical Center of Independence

BRECKENRIDGE, Presiding Judge.

The Medical Center of Independence (MCI) appeals from a decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission awarding temporary total disability benefits to its employee, Hannelore Cooper, for the period from April 26, 1994 through August 4, 1994. MCI contends that the Commission erred because during the period from April 5, 1994 through August 4, 1994, Ms. Cooper had been released to work and, under the criteria of § 287.020.7, RSMo 1994, 1 she was not totally disabled and not entitled to temporary total disability.

Ms. Cooper was employed by MCI as an…