Sterchi Bros. Store, Inc. v. McDaniel

REED, Justice.

The Workmen’s Compensation Board awarded Roscoe McDaniel benefits for total and permanent disability to be paid by his employer, Sterchi Brothers Store, Incorporated. Although the employer asserted that the Special Fund should bear part of the ultimate responsibility for payment of the award, or, alternatively, that part of the employee’s disability should be declared noncompensable, the board rejected both of those contentions. When the employer appealed to the circuit court the board’s decision was upheld. The employer thereupon sought a decision by this court that the board…