Case Name: Donald MORTON, Appellant-Respondent, v. HUBBELL POWER SYSTEMS, Respondent, Treasurer of the State of Missouri-Custodian of the Second Injury Fund, Respondent-Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2012-08-21
Citations: 373 S.W.3d 512
Docket Number: Nos. WD 74006, WD 74007
Parties: Donald MORTON, Appellant-Respondent, v. HUBBELL POWER SYSTEMS, Respondent, Treasurer of the State of Missouri-Custodian of the Second Injury Fund, Respondent-Appellant.
Judges: Division Three: JAMES M. SMART, JR., P.J., VICTOR C. HOWARD and JAMES E. WELSH, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 373
Pages: 512–513

Head Matter:
Donald MORTON, Appellant-Respondent, v. HUBBELL POWER SYSTEMS, Respondent, Treasurer of the State of Missouri-Custodian of the Second Injury Fund, Respondent-Appellant.
Nos. WD 74006, WD 74007.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
Aug. 21, 2012.
Jerrold Renter, Sedalia, MO, for appellant-respondent.
Richard Lee Montgomery, Jr., Columbia, MO, for respondent.
David Michael Zugelter, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent-appellant.
Division Three: JAMES M. SMART, JR., P.J., VICTOR C. HOWARD and JAMES E. WELSH, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Donald Morton appeals the decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission holding that the Second Injury Fund is liable for the payment of benefits for his permanent total disability. The State Treasurer, as Custodian of the Second Injury Fund, also appeals, contending the Commission erred in concluding that Mr. Morton was permanently and totally disabled due to a combination of the workplace occupational disease and a pre-exist-ing disability. The judgment is affirmed. Rule 84.16(b).