Jackie Hooper v Mo Dept. of Corrections
self-insured
Release Date: 1/14/2020 (Accident date 1/27/2015)
Venue: Pike County
Plot Summary: Commission 2-1 affirms a temporary award for future medical, including total knee replacement following an accident while moving a ventilation unit. Claimant reports an earlier injury to the knee when he "pivots" on a stairwell to talk to a supervisor.
Cast
Kohner, ALJ
Wood, atty
Thomas
Volarich
King
Comments:
The ALJ found the need for future medical flowed from a accident, despite an assertion by Dr. King that accident to medical compartment would not case arthritis and there were no characteristics of an acute tear. A dissent felt the duty to provide care ended after claimant was placed at MMI following surgeries to repair meniscus tears.
