SMITH v. THIRTY-SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

No. 74929.

847 S.W.2d 755 (1993)

Stanley R. SMITH, Claimant (Respondent/Appellant/Respondent), v. THIRTY-SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF MISSOURI, Employer, and State of Missouri, Employer (Respondent/Respondent/Respondent), and Carter County, Oregon County, and Shannon County, Employers (Appellants/Respondents/Respondents), and Howell County, Employer (Respondent/Respondent/Appellant).

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

February 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley Spaunhorst, St. Louis, for Oregon, Carter and Shannon Counties.

Manuel Drumm, Sikeston, for Howell County.

William Swain Perkins, Thayer, William L. Webster, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Stephen F. Gaunt, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Rolla, for State of Missouri.


BENTON, Judge.

Who is the employer, for workers' compensation purposes, of a chief deputy juvenile officer? On appeal of the workers' compensation claim, the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (LIRC) found that the 37th Judicial Circuit was Stanley R. Smith's employer, and was itself liable for the workers' compensation payment. After opinion by the Court of Appeals, Southern District, this Court granted transfer. Rule 83.03.

By the record, the...

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