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Sometimes an appeals court hands down a decision important not for any legal principle, but because of the practical lessons it provides for litigants and attorneys.  Such is the case in the opinion handed down by the Western District in Kathleen Louise Hicks v. Commercial Metals Company, et al .  Hicks started as a straight forward workers’ compensation case, but deteriorated into a retaliation claim and eventually a sanctions case, largely due to the actions or inactions of

On March 7, 2020, then Governor Mike Parsons announced the first case of COVID-19 documented in the state of Missouri.  Since then, legal practitioners in the state’s workers’ compensation arena have struggled with determining whether the corona virus could qualify as a work-related condition.  Last week, the Southern District Court of Appeals issued a decision in Gordon Johnson v. RBX Transportation , the first appellate decision attempting to resolve the issue.  In Johnson,

Last November, the Eastern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled in Ryan v. State of Missouri, Second Injury Fund that a...

On March 10, 2025, Commissioner Cortese affirmed a Deputy Commissioner’s decision in Caroline Toe v. Kraft Heinz Food Company ,...

Note :  While employed as an attorney with my prior firm, McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips, P.A., I was involved in the appeals process on...

Charles Collins began working for the Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) in 2018, originally as a full-time bus driver. ...

Two rulings handed down by Workers’ Compensation Judge John R. Hoffert in January provide some guidance to practitioners working through...

Subrogation in workers’ compensation can be tricky, and that’s especially true in Kansas.   The employee's fault, loss of consortium...