Nance v. Maxon Electric, Inc.

MARK D. PFEIFFER, Judge.

This appeal invokes the law of the case doctrine in conjunction with the mandatory responsibility of a lower tribunal to follow the specific remand instructions of an appellate court.

In Nance v. Maxon Electric, Inc., 395 S.W.3d 527 (Mo.App.W.D.2012) {‘‘Nance /”), we remanded the proceeding to the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (“Commission”) with specific instructions to approve the settlement agreement that the employer, Maxon Electric, Inc., and its insurer, National Surety Corp., c/o Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. (collectively, “Maxon”), had entered into…