Smith v. Labor & Industrial Relations Commission

WASSERSTROM, Presiding Judge.

Claimant Smith applied for unemployment benefits, which were denied by a deputy of the Missouri Division of Employment Security. That denial was affirmed by an appeals referee and was approved on review by the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission. On petition for review, the circuit court affirmed, from which judgment Smith pursues the present appeal. We reverse and remand because of the failure by the administrative agency to fully explore the facts and develop an adequate record.

Smith worked as a laborer for Foundation Building Company (“Foundation”) from…