{"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 Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"wayne-county-missouri-employerappellant-and-missouri-assoc-of-counties-insurer","displayName":"WAYNE COUNTY, MISSOURI, Employer-Appellant and MISSOURI ASSOC. of COUNTIES, Insurer-","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappsd:sd37237:2024-08-20","opinionId":"1ac28538-fb5b-5f5c-af9d-020faf61e5fc","slug":"amie-elsworth-claimant-respondent-v-wayne-county-missouri-employer-appell-d37237","caseName":"AMIE ELSWORTH, Claimant-Respondent\nv.\nWAYNE COUNTY, MISSOURI, Employer-Appellant and MISSOURI ASSOC. of COUNTIES, Insurer-Appellant","caseNumber":"SD37237","court":"moappsd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District","decisionDate":"2024-08-20","year":2024,"display_summary":"Wayne County and its insurer appealed a circuit court judgment ordering them to pay workers' compensation benefits to Amie Elsworth, the widow of an employee who died after sustaining a work-related injury. The employer argued that Elsworth's entitlement to benefits under the Schoemehl doctrine was not raised or adjudicated by the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission. The appellate court affirmed, holding that the Commission's factual findings, which were affirmed in a prior appeal, implicitly resolved the Schoemehl issue, making the circuit court's entry of judgment a ministerial act.","primaryTopic":"workers-compensation","topicSlugs":["workers-compensation","appellate-procedure","civil-procedure","standard-of-review"],"outcomeNorm":"mixed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=211794","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/amie-elsworth-claimant-respondent-v-wayne-county-missouri-employer-appell-d37237","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"workers-compensation","label":"Workers' Compensation","href":"/practice-areas/workers-compensation","score":16,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: workers-compensation","text: workers' compensation","text: labor and industrial relations commission"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/workers-compensation"},{"slug":"employment","label":"Employment Law","href":"/practice-areas/employment","score":6,"source":"text","evidence":["text: employer","text: employee"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/employment"},{"slug":"insurance-bad-faith","label":"Insurance Bad Faith","href":"/practice-areas/insurance-bad-faith","score":4,"source":"text","evidence":["text: insurer"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/insurance-bad-faith"}],"role":"appellant"}]}