Custom Furs v. Hopper Furs, Ltd.

EDWIN H. SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Appellant, Custom Furs, Inc., brings this appeal of a decision of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (LIRC) holding that appellant acquired substantially all of the business of respondent Hopper Furs, Ltd. (Hopper) and, thus, stands in the position of Hopper Furs concerning its unemployment account under § 288.110, RSMo 1986. Although the case comes to us from the circuit court, we review the decision of the LIRC. Burns v. Labor & Indust. Relations Comm’n, 845 S.W.2d 553, 554 (Mo. banc 1993). Appellant’s sole point on appeal asserts that the LIRC…