Employer's Failure to File Notice of Injury Extended Filing Period

The Missouri Court of Appeals this week ruled that a lineman who suffered a serious electrical shock while working in Texas more than 20 years ago wasn't time-barred from seeking additional benefits in Missouri from his former employer. In deciding an issue of first impression, the court said the failure of Daniel Small's employer to file a report of injury in Missouri extended the amount of time he had to file his claim to three years, instead of two, after his employer's last payment of benefits. The court ruled that Small wasn't subject to that time limit because his emplo...