ACC. FUND INS. CO. v. CASEY

No. SC 96899.

550 S.W.3d 76 (2018)

ACCIDENT FUND INSURANCE COMPANY; E.J. Cody Company, Inc., Respondents-Appellants, v. Robert CASEY, Employee/Dolores Murphy, Appellant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, en banc.

Opinion issued May 22, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The surviving family members were represented by Scott Mach and Cooper S. Mach of The Popham Law Firm PC in Kansas City, (816) 221-2288; and R. Carl Mueller Jr. of Edelman & Thompson in Kansas City, (816) 994-8316.

E.J. Cody and Accident Fund Insurance were represented by James B. Kennedy of Evans & Dixon LLC in St. Louis, (314) 552-4020; Jeffrey T. McPherson and Alexander C. Barrett of Armstrong Teasdale LLP in St. Louis, (314) 621-5070; John Robert Fox of Kansas City; and Daniel K. Luebbering of Kansas City.


Robert Casey died from mesothelioma caused by repeated exposure to asbestos in the workplace. Before his death, Mr. Casey filed a claim for workers' compensation benefits, with which his widow, Dolores Murphy, proceeded following his death. The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission determined that because Mr. Casey's...

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