State ex rel. Bettis v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.

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• noting that courts must construe a statute's words in context so as not to frustrate the purpose of the statutory scheme in which they appear (citations omitted)
• noting that courts must construe a statute’s words in context so as not to frustrate the purpose of the statutory scheme in which they appear (citations omitted)
• holding physical brain damage must be \both permanent and severe\
• “A statute as a whole must receive practical, reasonable, and fair interpretation consonant with the purpose, design, and policy of lawmakers.” (citation and quotation marks omitted)
• \The interpretation of a statute is a question of law.\

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