Thomas Channel-Deceased Emp. v. Cintas Corp.

617 S.W.3d 884 (Mem)

Thomas CHANNEL-Deceased Employee, Sarah Channel (Fretwell) and Lauren Channel, Appellants, v. CINTAS CORPORATION, Respondent.

WD 83868

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.

Order filed: March 2, 2021

Aaron W. Smith, Columbia, for Appellants.

Ronald G. Sparlin, Joplin, for Respondent.

Division Two: W. Douglas Thomson, Presiding Judge, Lisa White Hardwick, Judge and Edward R. Ardini, Jr., Judge

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

Appellants Sarah Channel (Fretwell) and Lauren Channel's father died in 2011 while working for Respondent Cintas Corporation. Appellants filed a claim for compensation with the Division of Workers’ Compensation seeking death benefits as his dependents. After conducting a hearing, an Administrative Law Judge found that the death of Appellants’ father was an accident arising out of his employment and awarded burial expenses but found Appellants had not established that they were dependents entitled to weekly death benefit payments. Appellants filed an application for review with the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission, which was dismissed. This appeal followed. We affirm the order of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission dismissing Appellants’ application for review....