Can a hospital worker recover benefits for hepatitis C without showing the disease was present in the hospital where he worked? Smith v Capital Region Medical Center , 2014 Mo. App. Lexis 1453 (lexis.com), 2014 Mo. App. Lexis 1453 (Lexis Advance) (December 23,...
The Commission capped attorney’s fees on a death case and found a contract for a 25% contingency fee was not fair and reasonable. Bynum, dec. v Bynum et al, 2016 MO WCLR Lexis 29 (May 3 2016) (Lexis Advance), 2016 MO WCLR Lexis 29 (May 3 2016) (lexis.com...
Agnew sustained catastrophic injuries when he was 22 years old after he fell from a roof in 1999. He sustained T9 paraplegia and required multiple spinal surgeries and psychiatric admissions. He received multiple treatment involving more than $2.2 million in care...
Indicating that the case was one of first impression, a Missouri appellate court recently held that the commutation of death benefits for a surviving spouse who remarries after the award is to be computed using the “plain language” of the statute, 287...
Missouri worker's compensation law allows a two-year lump-sum benefit to a surviving spouse who remarries. The Missouri Court of Appeals addressed whether a surviving spouse receives the full amount of the remarriage benefit if the surviving spouse was not...
Claimant died five years after he stubbed his toe while delivering pizzas. He fractured his toe and claims he also hurt his knee. The ALJ awarded death benefits. The parties disputed whether claimant's left knee symptoms, recurrent surgeries for a proliferative...