Missouri Court Considering Case Involving Worker’s Death
- The Missouri Supreme Court is debating whether one or more forms of immunity will protect four supervisors from a lawsuit following the death of a highway worker and her unborn child.
- Kaitlyn Anderson, who was six months pregnant with her son, Jaxx Jarvis, died in November 2021 when a car struck her while she was striping a busy intersection.
- Anderson’s mother and Jaxx’s father brought wrongful death claims against multiple parties, including four of Anderson’s supervisors at the Missouri Department of Transportation.
- Anderson’s co-workers argued that the state’s workers’ compensation laws bar a claim against them unless they committed an affirmative negligent act that purposefully and dangerously caused or increased the risk of injury.
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Amazon not at Fault for an Injured Worker
- A New York court refused to extend an exception to the coming-and-going rule to an injury on a public bus.
- An Amazon fulfillment center worker injured her left foot when she was trampled by other passengers boarding a city bus after her workday ended.
- Coming and going to work is not generally compensable unless there is a special hazard or a close association of the access route with the work premises.
- In this case, neither the bus nor the bus stop was maintained by the employer, and “being pushed by tired passengers ‘desperate’ to claim a spot of a crowded bus” is not unique to the employer.
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Court Says Employee Entitled to Benefits
- Ann Marie Soto, was injured while working for New-Jersey company Hoosier Care Inc.
- The employer paid out partial disability, and Soto returned to work. She changed employers then left for COVID-related reasons.
- Soto requested additional benefits due to additional medical issues contributed to by her work injury. Hoosier objected for numerous reasons.
- The Superior Court of New Jersey ruled the medical findings were valid, and that she reopened the case in a timely manner.