Abrogation of case law regarding definition of owner
The Missouri legislature is officially throwing out two old court decisions that defined what 'owner' means in workers' compensation law. Those two court cases had given 'owner' a certain meaning, and this law says that meaning no longer counts. The legislature wants 'owner' to mean only what the current written law says, not what those courts decided.
287.043. of regarding definition of owner. — In applying the of 1 of section 287.020 and subsection 4 of section 287.040, it is the intent of the to reject and earlier case law interpretations on the meaning of or definition of "owner", as extended in the following cases: Owner Drivers Ass'n., Inc. v. New Prime, Inc., 133 S.W.3d 162 (Mo. App. S.D., 2004); Nunn v. C.C. Midwest, 151 S.W.3d 388 (Mo. App. W.D., 2004).
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Source & history notes
(L. 2005 S.B. 1 & 130)
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