TREAS. OF MISSOURI-CUSTODIAN v. Hudgins

JAMES EDWARD WELSH, Presiding Judge.

The Missouri State Treasurer as Custodian of the Second Injury Fund appeals the Labor and Industrial Relation Commission’s decision that the Second Injury Fund is liable for $29,076.47 in medical expenses that Dennis Hudgins incurred as a result of a work injury. The Commission concluded that the Second Injury Fund was liable for the medical expenses pursuant to section 287.220.5, RSMo 2000, because Hudgins’s employer, Sentinel Fastener Supply Company, did not carry workers’ compensation insurance even though it was required by law to do so. See § 287.280,…