Lammert v. Vess Beverages, Inc.

CRANE, Presiding Judge.

In this workers’ compensation case, claimant, Edward Lammert, appeals from the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission [Commission] award denying compensation for arthritis in both of his knees and denying relief from the Second Injury Fund. Claim ant asserts that the Commission exceeded its powers in finding that he faded to prove a medical causal relationship between his work conditions and his arthritis because 1) the accident and causation were admitted as a result of the employer’s failure to file a timely answer and 2) the Commission ignored medical testimony…