Approved after years of legislative wrangling, the bill temporarily puts more money into the nearly insolvent fund but also restricts the claims that can be made against it.

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A lawsuit over the lack of money in the Second Injury Fund is scheduled for trial next May, following a judge’s decision to deny a preliminary injunction.

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The ailing Second Injury Fund will have to be addressed either in a special session or by next year’s Legislature — if the courts don’t address it first.

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Missouri’s attorney general says lawmakers have reached the “proverbial fork in the road” for the Second Injury Fund, and that if they do not act he might force the fund into bankruptcy.

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A dismal budget situation and a lack of consensus on certain issues may inhibit legislators from passing agenda items during this year’s session of the Missouri General Assembly. As lawmakers prepare to return on Wednesday for the five-month session, the ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments today regarding the proper venue for the Second Injury Fund’s ability for subrogation. According to court documents, Joseph Banks was driving a van for a company called Bridgford Foods. Banks suffered neck and ...

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The long-predicted insolvency of the Second Injury Fund has finally caught up with the state. The Missouri Attorney General’s Office issued a brief memo to attorneys this week, saying “effective immediately, unless an offer has been previously accepted, all Second ...

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Through last-minute parliamentary maneuvering, Sen. Jim Lembke (pictured), R-Lemay, became the unlikely sponsor of the first omnibus judiciary bill to pass the legislature in years. Lembke said he found the turn of events ironic. "My relationship with the judiciary has been tenuous at best," he admitted. Continue reading for a rundown of legal bills of note that passed in 2009, such as the caseload cap for public defenders, and those that failed, such as changes to the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan.

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With just three weeks left in the legislative session, an effort to alter the Second Injury Fund this year appears all but dead. Nonetheless, those watching the fund still expect it to become insolvent in the near future. In 2007, ...

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Second Injury Fund; subrogation ED91699 Joseph Banks, Respondent, v. Sarah Steelman, Treasurer of the State of Missouri, Custodian of the Second Injury Fund, Appellants Appeal From: Labor and Industrial Relations Commission Handdown Date: 3/17/2009 Opinion Author: Judge George W. Draper ...

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