Ellis v. Missouri State Treasurer

DON E. BURRELL, Judge.

The Missouri State Treasurer, as custodian of the Second Injury Fund (“the SIF”), appeals an award by the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (“the Commission”) that ordered it to pay $165,459.99 to Patsy Evonne Ellis (“Claimant”). The SIF claims the Commission erred by 1) ordering the SIF to pay Claimant for medical bills that were already paid by Claimant’s personal insurance or written-off by her medical providers; and 2) if the SIF was liable for anything other than Claimant’s out-of-pocket medical expenses, by ordering the SIF to pay Claimant the entire billed…