MO Appellate Rules on Illegible APP Postmark

The Missouri Court of Appeals has ruled that the timeliness of an application for review must be determined by the actual receipt of the application when the postmark date is illegible. In the case of Robert Cidlik vs. Subsurface Contractors (No. ED81858, July 22, 2003)Robert Cidlik ("Employee") filed a Claim for Compensation with the Workers' Compensation Division of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations against Employer on May 22, 1997. A hearing was held on Employee's claim on April 26, 2002. Workers' Compensation Administrative Law Judge, William L. Newcomb, awarded benefit...