2013 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XVIII LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Chapter 287 Workers' Compensation Law
Section 287.420 Written notice of injury to be given to employer--exceptions.
Written notice of injury to be given to employer--exceptions.
287.420. No proceedings for compensation for any accident under this chapter shall be maintained unless written notice of the time, place and nature of the injury, and the name and address of the person injured, has been given to the employer no later than thirty days after the accident, unless the employer was not prejudiced by failure to receive the notice. No proceedings for compensation for any occupational disease or repetitive trauma under this chapter shall be maintained unless written notice of the time, place, and nature of the injury, and the name and address of the person injured, has been given to the employer no later than thirty days after the diagnosis of the condition unless the employee can prove the employer was not prejudiced by failure to receive the notice.
(RSMo 1939 § 3726, A.L. 1965 p. 397, A.L. 2005 S.B. 1 & 130)
Prior revision: 1929 § 3336
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