Harris v. Division of Employment Security

Because of the statutory language there can be no quarrel with the result reached here today. Roberts v. Labor and Industrial Relations Commission, 869 S.W.2d 139 (Mo.App.1993). The result thus mandated, however, is totally devoid of any concept of fairness. This citizen is not guilty of any nondisclosure or misrepresentation of a material fact. She was not initially disqualified from benefits by a deputy of the division which oversees payments from the fund. She went to a law library and hammered out briefs to counteract subsequent decisions.

The legislature can easily correct situations such…