{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"rbx-transportation-and-treasurer-of-missouri-custodian-of-the-second-injury-fund-respondents","displayName":"RBX TRANSPORTATION, and TREASURER OF MISSOURI, CUSTODIAN OF THE SECOND INJURY FUND, Respondents-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd38724:undated","opinionId":"85265bc4-85ea-52f3-8db7-f6481e957745","slug":"gordon-johnson-plaintiff-appellant-v-rbx-transportation-and-treasurer-of-d38724","caseName":"GORDON JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant\nv.\nRBX TRANSPORTATION, and TREASURER OF MISSOURI, CUSTODIAN OF THE SECOND INJURY FUND, Respondents-Respondents","caseNumber":"SD38724","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":null,"year":2025,"display_summary":"Gordon Johnson appealed the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission's denial of workers' compensation benefits for a COVID-19 infection, which he claimed was an occupational disease contracted during his employment with RBX Transportation. The Commission denied his claim, finding he failed to establish that his infection arose out of or in the course of his employment. The appellate court affirmed, holding that COVID-19 was an \"ordinary disease of life\" in October 2020, and Johnson did not demonstrate a greater exposure or a distinctive job-related link to the disease. The court also concluded that the Commission did not apply an improperly heightened burden of proof.","primaryTopic":"workers-compensation","topicSlugs":["workers-compensation","administrative-law","evidence"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=226873","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/gordon-johnson-plaintiff-appellant-v-rbx-transportation-and-treasurer-of-d38724","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"insurance-bad-faith","label":"Insurance Bad Faith","href":"/practice-areas/insurance-bad-faith","score":20,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: insurance"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/insurance-bad-faith"},{"slug":"workers-compensation","label":"Workers' Compensation","href":"/practice-areas/workers-compensation","score":18,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: workers-compensation","text: labor and industrial relations commission","text: workers' compensation","text: occupational disease"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/workers-compensation"},{"slug":"litigation","label":"Civil Litigation","href":"/practice-areas/litigation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: evidence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/litigation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}