Proceedings before commission to be informal and summary
When someone has a workers' compensation case heard by the commission, the meetings and hearings are kept simple and informal. They do not have to follow strict courtroom rules about evidence. The commission makes its own rules about how these hearings are run.
287.550. Proceedings before to be informal and . — All proceedings before the commission or any shall be simple, informal, and summary, and without regard to the , and in accordance with section 287.800. All such proceedings shall be according to such as may be adopted by the commission.
(RSMo 1939 § 3739, A.L. 2005 S.B. 1 & 130)
Prior revision: 1929 § 3349
(1959) Where for from the specified the various findings and contended that they were unsupported by evidence, the application for appeal to the commission was sufficient the sole question related to the extent and nature of the of the employee. Collins v. Eichler Heating Co. (A.), 319 S.W.2d 666.
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