GONZALES v. BUTTERBALL, L.L.C.

No. SD 33268.

457 S.W.3d 880 (2015)

Eleazar GONZALES, Claimant-Respondent, v. BUTTERBALL, L.L.C., Employer-Appellant, Ace American Insurance Company, Insurer-Appellant, and Treasurer of the State of Missouri, As Custodian of the Second Injury Fund, Additional Party-Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division Two.

Filed March 13, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney for Appellants: Ronald G. Sparlin , of Blanchard, Robertson, Mitchell & Carter, P.C., Joplin, Missouri.

Attorney for Respondent Gonzales: Jennifer L. Newman , of Newman Law Firm, LLC, Springfield, Missouri.

Attorneys for Respondent Second Injury Fund: Chris Koster , Attorney General, Jefferson City, Missouri, and Stephen Nathanael Freeland , Assistant Attorney General, Springfield, Missouri.


Butterball, L.L.C., and its insurer, Ace American Insurance Company (collectively "Employer"), appeal the award of permanent total disability benefits to Eleazar Gonzales for an injury to his right hand on August 7, 2009. In a single point relied on, Employer claims the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission's ("the Commission...

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