Black v. Trio Masonry, Inc.

HOWARD, Judge.

John B. Van Black appeals from the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirming the decision of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) which denied his claim for workers’ compensation benefits because he was the aggressor in the workplace altercation which resulted in his injuries. Van Black claims that there was insufficient evidence to support the Commission’s determination that he was the aggressor in the altercation, and alternatively he contends that Missouri’s recognition of the “aggressor defense” should be limited or abolished.

Affirmed.

Van Black was…