Ricketts v. Kansas City Stock Yards Co. of Maine
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
LAURANCE M. HYDE, Special Commissioner.
Action for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff had verdict and judgment for $125,000.00 from which defendant has appealed. We reverse and remand.
Plaintiff’s injury was sustained in Kansas and the Kansas Workmen’s Compensation Law is not applicable to defendant. Defendant had rejected the Missouri Workmen’s Compensation Act which would have been applicable because plaintiff was hired in Missouri. Thus the general law of Kansas is applicable to determine liability.
Plaintiff was injured by the fall of a concrete gutter May 28, 1964 while working with a…
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