Legal Opinion
Treasurer of the State v. Witte
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided November 12, 2013No. Nos. SC 92834, SC 92867, SC 92842, SC 92850PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.
The treasurer of the State of Missouri as custodian of the second injury fund (“the fund”) appeals four separate decisions of the labor and industrial relations commission that determined the fund was liable for compensation to injured claimants. The fund claims that the commission misinterpreted and misapplied the law in those decisions by combining or “stacking” injuries to meet the statutory thresholds in section 287.220.11 that trigger the fund’s liability and by considering injuries that did not meet the statutory thresholds to calculate the extent of its…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Difatta-Wheaton v. Dolphin Capital Corp.Supreme Court of Missouri · 2008
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3Cited by66 opinions
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