Daniel Small v. Red Simpson, Inc.

Mr. Daniel Small appeals a Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (Commission) denial of a claim for benefits under the Missouri Workers’ Compensation Law as untimely under section 287.430. 1 We reverse.

Mr. Small, a journeyman lineman, was residing in St. Ann, Missouri, in 1995 when he accepted an offer extended over the telephone by an individual who negotiated with him for a job that had been advertised by Red Simpson, Inc., a Louisiana-based company. He traveled to Beaumont, Texas, where he began working for Red Simpson as an electrical lineman for $15 per hour and company-provided…