James Swafford v. Treasurer of Missouri as Custodian of Second Injury Fund

IN THE MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS WESTERN DISTRICT JAMES SWAFFORD, ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) WD84562 ) TREASURER OF MISSOURI AS ) FILED: February 15, 2022 CUSTODIAN OF SECOND ) INJURY FUND, ) Respondent. ) Appeal from the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission Before Division One: W. Douglas Thomson, P.J., and Alok Ahuja and Karen King Mitchell, JJ. James Swafford appeals from a Final Award issued by the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission, which denied Swafford’s claim for workers’ compensation benefits against the Second Injury Fund. Swafford suffered a work- related injury in October…