§10.6 Employer Status

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C. (§10.6) Employer Status

Employers covered under Chapter 287, RSMo, are generally immune from liability for personal injury lawsuits under § 287.120, RSMo Supp. 2018, and thus not subject to a third-party claim. Often at issue is whether a statutory employment relationship exists under § 287.040, RSMo Supp. 2018. But, as a result of the rejection of liberal construction under § 287.800, RSMo 2016, and the abrogation of caselaw pertaining to “arising out of” and “in the course of” employment in...