Where a claimant challenged the reversal of an award of permanent total disability benefits against the Second Injury Fund, the decision is reversed and remanded with directions to reinstate the award because the compensable occupational disease occurred before January 1, ...

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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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