287.500. Circuit court may act upon memorandum — procedure. — Any party in interest may file in the circuit court of the county in which the accident occurred, a certified copy of a memorandum of agreement approved by the division or by the commission or of an order or decision of the division or the commission, or of an award of the division or of the commission from which an application for review or from which an appeal has not been taken, whereupon said court shall render judgment in accordance therewith and notify the parties. Such judgment shall have the same effect and all proceedings in relation thereto shall thereafter be the same as though said judgment were a final judgment which had been rendered in a suit duly heard and determined by said court. Any such judgment of said circuit court unappealed from or affirmed on appeal or modified in obedience to the mandate of the appellate court, whenever modified on account of a changed condition under section 287.470, shall be modified to conform to any decision of the commission, ending, diminishing or increasing any weekly payment under the provisions of section 287.470 upon the presentation to it of a certified copy of such decision.
Notes of Decisions
Baxi v. United Tech. Auto. Corp., 122 S.W.3d 92 (Mo. Ct. App. 2003).
· cites it 23× “Plaintiff, Subhash Baxi, filed a petition in the circuit court pursuant to Section 287.500 RSMo (2000) requesting a judgment against defendants, United Technologies Automotive Corporation and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, in accordance with a final award of the Labor and…”
Cochran v. Travelers Ins. Co., 284 S.W.3d 666 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009).
· cites it 30× “Cochran (“Respondent”), on her section 287.500 1 action to enforce an order of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission (“Commission”).”
Roller v. Steelman, 297 S.W.3d 128 (Mo. Ct. App. 2009).
· cites it 14× “The court found that (1) because the worker’s award was final in 1998 (and not pending within the Schoemehl time frame as required by Strait and Bennett), the spouse did not qualify as a dependent or “employee” under Schoemehl, and that (2) because the plaintiffs motion to the…”
State ex rel. ISP Minerals, Inc. v. Labor & Indus. Relations Comm'n, 465 S.W.3d 471 (Mo. 2015).
· cites it 10× “” Employer asserts that Employee can file an action to enforce the award in the circuit court pursuant to section 287.500. 4 Although section 287.500 authorizes a circuit court to enter a judgment on a final workers’ compensation award as if it were an original judgment of the…”
Barry, Inc. v. Falk, 217 S.W.3d 317 (Mo. Ct. App. 2007).
· cites it 6× “Falk filed a motion pursuant to section 287.500 1 to enforce the 1986 Award.”
Johnson v. St. John's Mercy Med. Ctr., 812 S.W.2d 845 (Mo. Ct. App. 1991).
· cites it 9× “The employee also argues that the lack of a time limit in § 287.500 also shows the legislature did not intend there be a limitation upon the Commission’s power to review awards.”
Smith v. Capital Region Med. Ctr., 564 S.W.3d 800 (Mo. Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 18× “We observed that because the Commission lacks the authority to enforce a workers' compensation award, if an award is not performed as required, " 'an action must be filed under section 287.500 in order to compel compliance.”
Buescher v. Missouri High. & Transp. Comm'n, 254 S.W.3d 105 (Mo. Ct. App. 2008).
· cites it 2× “Section 287.500 authorizes the circuit court to enter judgment on a final award as if it were an original judgment of the court.”
Todd v. Goostree, 528 S.W.2d 470 (Mo. Ct. App. 1975).
· cites it 8× “Appeal from entry of judgment on workmen’s compensation award, pursuant to § 287.500, RSMo 1969. In the case of Todd v.”
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