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By stan_sipple

Follow up: Missouri Supreme Court hears constitutional challenge to Missouri Legislature's sweeping 2005 workers compensation reform law. KWMU News. Attorney Alan Mandel represents the Missouri Alliance for Retired Americans, the lead plaintiff. He says "(the law) violates the Missouri open courts provision of our state constitution, which allows and guarantees injured individuals the right to a remedy." Attorneys for the state and for Associated Industries of Missouri argued that the 2005 law fixed a workers' comp system that had become slanted against employers. Attorney Marc Ellinger, representing Associated Industries, says the current law has cut back the number of frivolous claims. This page summarizes the case and attaches the parties briefs.

Full post as published by Showmeblawgs on December 02, 2007 (boomark / email).