Hale v. Treasurer of Missouri as Custodian of the Second Injury Fund

GARY M. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Jacob Hale (“Claimant”), appeals the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (“the Commission”) affirming the award rendered by Administrative Law Judge Edwin J. Koh-ner (“the ALJ”). Claimant was not awarded permanent total disability benefits, but he was awarded permanent partial disability benefits. Respondent, the Second Injury Fund, was ordered to pay $16,646.73 for 59.79 weeks of permanent partial disability. We affirm.

Claimant was born on December 16, 1954. In 1978, Claimant began working for Anheuser-Busch (“Employer”) as a…