Martin v. Mid-America Farm Lines, Inc.

Raising the shield of stare decisis, the majority today turns from the uncertainty and confusion appellate courts have brought to the interpretation of Section 287.250, RSMo 1986, and declares itself willing to perpetuate both in the name of “the uniform course of prior holdings going back for more than fifty years” (At 106). Further, the majority creates a re-buttable presumption that all medical bills submitted by a claimant which she testifies are related to her injury are fair and reasonable. While I do not disagree with the majority’s approach, until today, the law in Missouri was that…