Jones v. Washington University

KENNETH M. ROMINES, Judge.

Introduction

Jeanette Jones appeals the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission, after it denied permanent total disability benefits and Second Injury Fund benefits on her workers’ compensation claim. We are faced with the question of whether the Commission’s choice in this case to follow one expert’s opinion when three others disagree constitutes a decision that is against the overwhelming weight of the evidence. We hold that it does not. We affirm the Commission’s award.

Factual and Procedural Background

Jones worked as a nurse at Washington…