Legal Opinion
Nichols v. Overnight Express, Inc.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided January 25, 2005No. WD 64279PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT G. ULRICH, Judge.
Overnight Express, Inc. and Great West Casualty appeal an award of workers’ compensation benefits to Todd Nichols. Overnight asserts that Mr. Nichols was not a statutory employee under section 287.040 1 because he was not performing the “usual business” of Overnight on the day he was injured. The Commission’s final award is reversed.
Facts
Todd Nichols was working for Midwest Trailer Repair on March 13, 2003, when he was injured. He and the owner of Midwest, Larry Martel, were repairing the doors of an Overnight trailer on a lot owned by Overnight when one of the…
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