Where a city employer challenged the grant of death and burial benefits under the Missouri Workers’ Compensation Act to the wife of a deceased employee, competent evidence established the required nexus between the decedent’s occupational exposure to carcinogenic fumes, smoke ...

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Where the family of an employee, who died from mesothelioma, sought workers’-compensation benefits and the employer was no longer in business, the issue of whether the insurer of a defunct employer can be liable for enhanced benefits under a new ...

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Accident Fund Ins. Co. v. Casey, et al. (MLW No. 71265/Case No. WD80470 consolidated with WE80481 and WD80525 - 11 pages) (Mo.Ct.App. W.D. Hardwick, J.)

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Lankford v. Newton County (MLW No. 70101/Case No. SD34269 – 21 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Francis Jr., J.)

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Cook v. Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission (MLW No. 69847/Case No. SD34290 – 23 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Bates, J.)

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Mantia v. Department of Transportation (MLW No. 69297/Case No. ED103016 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, James M. Dowd, J.)

Tagged with: Mental Injury Occupational Disease Similarly-Situated Employees Workers' compensation

Johnson Controls, Inc. v. Trimmer (MLW No. 67694/Case No. WD77948 – 16 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Welsh, J.)

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Brune v. Johnson Controls (MLW No. 67517/Case No. ED101924 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Hess, J.)

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Smith v. Capital Region Medical Center (MLW No. 67300/Case No. WD77043 – 20 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Witt, J.)

Tagged with: Causation Law Of The Case Occupational Disease Workers' compensation

Harris v. Bi-State Development Agency (MLW No. 66153/Case No. ED100452 – 7 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Sullivan, J.)

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Amesquita v. Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation (MLW No. 65485/Case No. ED99266 – 18 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Odenwald, J.)

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