Joining of Parties

In Pennington v Deca Property Management, 109 S.W.3d 235 (Mo. App. E.D. 2003), employee originally filed a claim for compensation against employer and did not include insurer. After claim for compensation was awarded to employee, employee and employer filed a joint motion to remand case to Commission to determine whether employer’s agent and its insurer should be added as necessary additional parties. Court of Appeals held that under §287.300 and the importance of joining indispensable parties, there is necessity of insurer to be a party to a workers’ compensation action. Remanded.

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