Second Injury Fund Not Liable for PTD Benefits to Worker With Multiple Injuries

The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a denial of permanent total disability benefits to a worker with multiple health ailments and industrial injuries. Case: McCoy v. Meridian Medical Technology, No. ED1111299, 09/26/2023, published. Facts and procedural history: Pamela McCoy worked for Meridian Medical Technology for several years. She also suffered from a host of health conditions, including morbid obesity, low-back pain, asthma, ventral hernias and pulmonary disease. In 2006, an administrative law judge awarded McCoy workers’ compensation benefits for an occupational disease a...