By John P. Kamin, ReporterA decision by the Missouri Labor and Industrial Relations Commission will make it easier for dependents of deceased claimants to obtain death benefits under the Schoemehl doctrine by ruling that the date of injury − not the date a claim is filed − determines eligibility.The Labor and Industrial Commission expanded the Schoemehl doctrine with a split decision in the case of Donald Busick v. Wilson Plumbing Co. on June 28. The Schoemehl doctrine stems from the 2007 decision in Schoemehl v. State of Missouri, where the state Supreme Court ruled that per...
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