DEPENDENT [] OF RUSSELL HAYES, SUSAN HAYES v. CITY OF ELDORADO SPRINGS

In Division DEPENDENT[] OF RUSSELL HAYES, Deceased ) ) SUSAN HAYES, ) ) Appellant, ) No. SD37841 ) vs. ) FILED: January 10, 2024 ) CITY OF ELDORADO SPRINGS, ) ) Respondent. ) APPEAL FROM THE LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (“Commission”) awarded Susan Hayes (“Wife”) $40 per week in benefits for the death of her husband, Russell Hayes (“Husband”), who died while working as a volunteer firefighter for the City of El Dorado Springs, Missouri, (“Employer”). In the first of three points on appeal…