The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a worker's inability to show how his neck injury had resulted in a greater disability because of the combined effect of his preexisting disabilities precluded the state's Second Injury Fund from having any liability to him.
Case: Winingear v. Treasurer of the State of Missouri, No. WD78398, 11/03/2015, published.
Facts: Frederick Winingear had worked as a security aide at the Fulton State Hospital. He suffered an injury to his neck in February 2011 when a patient placed him in a choke hold.
The hospital agreed to settle Winingear's comp c...
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