Cox v. Collins

RONALD R. HOLLIGER, Judge.

The question is whether the Second Injury Fund or the employer at the time of injury should pay that portion of permanent disability benefits attributable to the employee’s income with his second employer. More precisely the issue is whether the term “wage loss benefits” in the version of Missouri Revised Statutes section 287.220.9 (1993) that was in effect for a narrow window of time — including the date of this accident — includes benefits payable for permanent total disability benefits or only for temporary total benefits. The Industrial Commission found that the…