Boswell v. May Centers, Inc.

GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

We are called upon to decide whether the exclusive remedy provision of the Missouri Workers’ Compensation Law, § 287.120(1), RSMo 1978, shields a subsidiary corporation from an action for negligent injuries to an employee of the parent corporation.

Plaintiff’s petition alleges that he was an employee of May Department Stores, d/b/a Famous Barr Company. While leaving his place of employment he slipped and fell on ice on a parking lot owned and operated by defendant May Centers, Inc. He filed a Workers’ Compensation claim against May Department Stores, Inc., which was…