Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 287.550 (2026)

Proceedings before commission to be informal and summary

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287.550. Proceedings before commission to be informal and summary. — All proceedings before the commission or any commissioner shall be simple, informal, and summary, and without regard to the technical rules of evidence, and in accordance with section 287.800. All such proceedings shall be according to such rules and regulations as may be adopted by the commission.

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(RSMo 1939 § 3739, A.L. 2005 S.B. 1 & 130)

Prior revision: 1929 § 3349

(1959) Where application for appeal from the referee specified the various findings and contended that they were unsupported by evidence, the application for appeal to the commission was sufficient notwithstanding the sole question related to the extent and nature of the disability of the employee. Collins v. Eichler Heating Co. (A.), 319 S.W.2d 666.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 22 cases, 1958–2020 · leading case: United States Dep't of Vets. Affairs v. Boresi, 396 S.W.3d 356 (Mo. 2013).

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United States Dep't of Vets. Affairs v. Boresi, 396 S.W.3d 356 (Mo. 2013). · cites it 2× “The statute’s accompanying regulations have some simple requirements for those filing a claim, requiring a statement of where the accident occurred and whether a claim against the second injury fund will be asserted. 8 CSR 50-2.”

Accident Fund Ins. Co. v. Casey, 550 S.W.3d 76 (Mo. 2018). · cites it 2× “Because the amended claim notified all other parties of the original claimant's death, it was a de facto suggestion of *83 death. Indeed, Insurer and Employer were clearly on notice of the substitution, as both parties filed answers to the amended claim.”

Lorenz v. Sweetheart Cup Co., Inc., 60 S.W.3d 677 (Mo. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 3× “Section 287.550, RSMo [2000], states: All proceedings before the commission or any commissioner shall be simple, informal and summary, and without regard to the technical rules of evidence, and no defect or irregularity therein shall invalidate the same.”

Clark v. FAG Bearings Corp., 134 S.W.3d 730 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “Toma’s record was not properly before the ALJ, and consequently the award was not supported by expert testimony concerning causation. Several considerations mitigate against this proposition.”

Groce v. Pyle, 315 S.W.2d 482 (Mo. Ct. App. 1958). · cites it 2× “Section 287.550 thereof states that all proceedings before the Commission shall be simple, informal and summary, and all provisions are to be liberally construed with a view to the public welfare; and substantial compliance therewith is ordinarily sufficient.”

Goad v. Treasurer of the State, 372 S.W.3d 1 (Mo. Ct. App. 2011). “” § 287.550. Consistent with this overarching principle, workers’ compensation claims are not subject to the technical requirements of petitions in judicial proceedings, and “ ‘if the only effect of [an] amendment [to the claim] .”

Spencer v. Sac Osage Elec. Co-op, Inc., 302 S.W.3d 792 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010). “” § 287.550. Consistent with this general principle, A claim need not state facts sufficient to state a claim for relief, and the original jurisdiction of the Commission is ordinarily not dependent upon statements in a claim.”

Wiele v. Nat'l Super Markets, Inc., 948 S.W.2d 142 (Mo. Ct. App. 1997). “§ 287.550. The very object and purpose of the entire act is that substantial rights are to be enforced at the sacrifice of procedural rights.”

Lutes v. Schaefer, 431 S.W.3d 550 (Mo. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “2d at 506 (quoting in part Section 287.550). At the crux of this appeal lies the question of an ALJ’s authority to permit the SIF to depose a vocational expert who merely conducted a “records review.”

Hale v. Treasurer of Missouri as Custodian of the Second Injury Fund, 164 S.W.3d 184 (Mo. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 5× “Pursuant to section 287.550 RSMo 2000, 1 “all proceedings before the commission .”

State Ex Rel. Lakeman v. Siedlik, 872 S.W.2d 503 (Mo. Ct. App. 1994). “” § 287.550. If the Fund were allowed to exercise full discovery procedures “in defending,” the workers’ compensation case would be as complex, costly and time consuming as a litigated personal injury case.”

State ex rel. Treasurer v. Siedlik, 851 S.W.2d 80 (Mo. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 3× “” Section 287.550 RSMo 1986. The AU is required to “hear in a summary proceeding the parties at issue and their representatives and witnesses and shall determine the dispute.”

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