Blog Posts in September, 2021

LIRC Fails to Stay Workers’ Compensation Case, Gets Overturned

Another Missouri appellate court struck down a workers’ compensation decision by the administrative law judge and the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (LIRC) for contradicting a binding court case. While this instance is more incompetent than purposeful, it is neither the first nor will it be the last time that hurt workers have been denied coverage, as the LIRC stretches for new ways to ...

How Guilty Pleas Can Help Car Accident Claims

A woman has been sentenced to probation for her role in a car accident that hurt a child at a bus stop. Criminal cases like these can make it easier for victims to recover compensation in a personal injury case. Driver Who Hit Child Pleads Guilty The accident happened early in the morning on April 28 in Columbia, Missouri, at a bus stop near the entrance of a mobile home park. According to the ...

What is the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission?

In many of our blog posts on workers’ compensation, we mention the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission, or LIRC. This Commission is a critical juncture for many claims for workers’ compensation, as it handles any appeals from the administrative law judge who first hears a dispute. Here is how the LIRC works. The Role of the LIRC in Workers’ Compensation When a worker gets hurt in Missouri, ...

How Dangerous are Police Chases?

After a string of high speed police chases in Missouri, police have found the need to insist that the public safety is their chief concern. However, there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical. Motorists should use an abundance of caution during a police chase to avoid a car accident. Multiple High Speed Chases in St. Joseph Area In the past few weeks, there have been multiple high speed police ...

LIRC Misreads Court Case, Denies Second Injury Fund Claim

Missouri’s Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (LIRC) has yet again found a way to interpret the state’s workers’ compensation laws to deny claims made against the Second Injury Fund (SIF). Coverage Denied Because Medical Experts Used Extra Injury The case, Ingles v. Corrigan Brothers, involved a 66-year-old union pipefitter who ruptured his rotator cuff at work in 2014. He claimed that the ...