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Case: GINA BEAMAN, Appellant
vs.
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC., Respondent
Case Number: SD36473
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District
Decision Date: 2020-06-23
Outcome: affirmed
Practice Area: employment
Canonical URL: https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/gina-beaman-appellant-v-lowes-home-centers-inc-respondent-d36473
Official Source URL: https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=160733
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## Opinion

GINA BEAMAN,      ) 
      ) 
 Appellant,    ) 
      ) 
vs.          ) No. SD36473 
      ) 
LOWE'S HOME CENTERS, INC.,    ) Filed:  June 23, 2020 
      ) 
 Respondent.       ) 
 
APPEAL FROM THE LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION 
AFFIRMED 
Gina Beaman lost a workers' compensation claim for failure to carry her burden of proof.  She appeals, 
charging in each of six points that "there was not sufficient competent evidence" to support a decision against her.  
See § 287.495.1(4), RSMo. (2000)
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Only factual findings needed to make an award for the employee need evidentiary support.   Annayeva v. 
SAB of TSD of City of St. Louis, 597 S.W.3d 196, 200 n.8 (Mo. banc 2020).  This tracks a basic precept – no 
evidence is needed to find against the party who bore the burden of proof or to uphold that decision on appeal.  See, 
e.g., Taylor v. Taylor, 585 S.W.3d 390, 395 & n.5 (Mo. App. S.D. 2019).   
Offering no cognizable legal basis for reversal, Beaman's § 287.495.1(4) complaints fail without further 
discussion or analysis.  See Guinn v. Treasurer, No. SD36380, slip op. at 9 (Mo. App. S.D. May 4, 2020).  We 
reject all points and affirm the denial of benefits.     
MARY W. SHEFFIELD, J. – OPINION AUTHOR 
DANIEL E. SCOTT, P.J. – CONCURS 
DON E. BURRELL, J. – CONCURS       
                                                 
1
 Harmonized with the constitutional standard ("supported by competent and substantial evidence[,]" Mo. Const. art. 
V, § 18) in Hampton v. Big Boy Steel Erection, 121 S.W.3d 220, 222 (Mo. banc 2003).