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Missouri State Workers’ Compensation Contact Information
Missouri State Workers’ Compensation Contact Information

State Offices Administrative Law Judge Amy Young - Cape Girardeau Office3102 Blattner, Suite 101 Cape Girardeau 63703Phone:Fax:Email: Administrative Law Judge Angie Heffner - Kansas City1410 Genessee Street, Suite 210 Kansas City 64102-1047Phone:Fax:Email: Administrative Law Judge […]
Youth Football Season Canceled after Parent Shoots Coach 
Youth Football Season Canceled after Parent Shoots Coach 

St. Louis, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The coach of a youth football team was hospitalized Oct. 10 after a parent got upset that he didn’t chose his son as a starter for the team.   Police in […]
What Do You Think: Did Mo. Treatment Center Retaliate Against Worker with Opioids in System?
What Do You Think: Did Mo. Treatment Center Retaliate Against Worker with Opioids in System?

Waynesville, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) – Employers’ policies often call for discipline when an employee violates an internal drug policy. It can complicate matters, however, when an employee files a workers’ compensation claim around the same time. […]
Missouri Workers’ Compensation Contact Information
Missouri Workers’ Compensation Contact Information

Please Note: for Claims assistance or questions about coverage and exemptions You will need to call one of the numbers listed below. Also be aware that the Workers' Compensation Assistance Offices in different states may […]
Glossary Check: Mo. ‘Occupational Disease’
Glossary Check: Mo. ‘Occupational Disease’

St. Louis, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It's hard to say which definitions in state workers' compensation law are more important than others, but if you were going to start a short list of ones that were […]
Do You Know the Rule? PTSD Compensability in Mo.
Do You Know the Rule? PTSD Compensability in Mo.

St. Louis, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Fire and police departments, and other employers of first responders in Missouri, may see a rising number of workers’ compensation claims, now that state law recognizes PTSD as a compensable […]
Case Lesson: Mo. Exclusive Remedy Rules Prevent Health Care Providers from Suing Insurers, Employers for Unpaid Medical Bills
Case Lesson: Mo. Exclusive Remedy Rules Prevent Health Care Providers from Suing Insurers, Employers for Unpaid Medical Bills

When an insurer or an employer doesn't pay the bill for an injured employee's medical care, health care providers must pursue their remedies under the Workers' Compensation Act. Case: Orthopedic Ambulatory Surgery Center of Chesterfield, […]
What Do You Think: Did Hostler’s Preexisting Injuries Support Award of PTD Benefits?
What Do You Think: Did Hostler’s Preexisting Injuries Support Award of PTD Benefits?

Jefferson City, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A preexisting condition may have no impact on a worker's claim for benefits or could be the basis for a determination that the worker has experienced a permanent disability. A […]