Legal Opinion

Snuggs v. Steel Haulers, Inc.

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided November 12, 1973No. 58257PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SEILER, Judge.

We took this case on application to transfer from the court of appeals, Kansas City district, because it presents the question of whether job-connected fatigue, tension, anxiety, and stress, extended over a 27 hour period, can be considered an abnormal strain constituting an accident under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The industrial commission held it could not. The court of appeals held to the contrary, in an .opinion written by Swofford, J., and concurred in by his brothers. We decide the case as though here on original appeal, Art. V, Sec. 10, 1945 Mo. Const., V.A.M.S.,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Merriman v. Ben Gutman Truck Service, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1965
  2. Crow v. Missouri Implement Tractor CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1957
  3. Williams v. Anderson Air ActivitiesMissouri Court of Appeals · 1958
  4. Brotherton v. International Shoe CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1962
  5. Rinehart v. F. M. Stamper Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1932

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. CITY & CTY. OF DENVER v. Indus. CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1978
  2. Malcom v. La-Z-Boy Midwest Chair Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1981
  3. Zorn v. ZornAppellate Court of Illinois · 1984
  4. Jackson v. H.D. Lee Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1989
  5. Smith v. PlasterMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975

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