Jefferson City Country Club v. Lydia Pace and Treasurer of the State of Missouri-Custodian of the Second Injury Fund

Jefferson City Country Club (“Employer”) appeals the unanimous Final Award of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (the “Commission”), which awarded Lydia Pace (“Pace”) certain worker’s compensation benefits arising out of injuries she sustained while working for Employer. Employer raises eleven claims of error. We affirm.

Factual Background

On October 4, 2002, Pace was employed by Employer as a waitress, bartender, and banquet worker. As she was breaking down some tables for Employer, five to six table toppers fell on her, throwing her back into another table and injuring her neck and…