Sullivan v. Masters Jackson Paving Co.

GARRISON, Judge.

These consolidated appeals from an award of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (“Commission”) raise three main issues: whether the Commission erred (1) in finding that John Sullivan (“Employee”) sustained a permanent partial, rather than total, disability; (2) in setting Employee’s compensation rate; and (8) in awarding Employee future medical care.

Employee contracted with Masters Jackson Paving Company (“Employer”) to use his dump truck hauling asphalt, rock and other materials to job sites throughout Missouri. The basis of Employee’s claim is a back injury…