Insurer Wants Second Look At Missouri Enhanced Mesothelioma Benefit Case

Mealey's (June 17, 2019, 3:12 PM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A workers’ compensation insurer on June 5 asked a Missouri appellate court to reconsider whether a 2005 law creating enhanced workers’ compensation insurance benefits for mesothelioma victims applies to a long-defunct company or transfer the case to the state’s high court (Vincent Hegger v. Valley Farm Dairy Co., No. ED106278, Mo. App., Eastern Dist., 2019 Mo. App. LEXIS 816)....