Legal Opinion
Tatum v. St. Louis Metro Delivery, Inc.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided October 4, 1994No. 65310PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Presiding Judge.
The dependents of Charles Tatum appeal from the award of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission denying an award against the Treasurer of Missouri as custodian of the Second Injury Fund (SIF). We reverse.
The procedural history of the case is of critical importance. Charles Tatum was killed in an automobile accident in 1985 while performing his job. He worked as a delivery man for St. Louis Metro Delivery, Inc. delivering items as requested by the company. Metro Delivery contended that Tatum was not an employee of the company but rather that he worked as an…
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- Smith v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1976
- Lyons v. Lyons Truck ServiceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1992
- Carroll's Warehouse Paint Stores, Inc. v. Rainbow Coatings Corp.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1992
- Freedman v. KociperConnecticut Superior Court · 1955
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