Lawson v. Vendo Co.

MAUGHMER, Commissioner.

Under the Missouri Workmen’s Compensation Law an employee claiming a compen-sable injury must give timely notice thereof to his employer. Failure, without justification, to do so may result in avoidance of the claim. Determination of this appeal requires consideration of such notice requirements and their application to the facts here.

Ernest Herbert Lawson, plaintiff, a long time employee of defendant The Vendo Company, Kansas City, Missouri, claims that on February 12, 1958, while moving a “steel skid” loaded with material, “it slipped and jerked me down”, resulting in…