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· 4/9/2002

State Ex Rel. Taylor v. Wallace

Citations

  • 73 S.W.3d 620
  • 2002 Mo. LEXIS 50
  • 2002 WL 523866

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • requiring “purposeful, affirmatively dangerous conduct” to move a fellow employee outside the scope of an employer’s responsibility to provide a safe workplace
  • injury of fellow worker caused by failure to drive safely is not \something more\ than failure to provide safe working environment
  • injury of fellow worker caused by failure to drive safely is not “something more” than failure to provide safe working environment
  • employer could reasonably foresee an employee standing and holding onto the side of a trash truck during the rounds might be injured if precautions were not taken to ensure the truck was driven carefully
  • The negligent operation of a vehicle “is not the kind of purposeful, affirmatively dangerous conduct that Missouri courts have recognized as moving a fellow employee outside the protection of the Workers’ Compensation Law’s exclusive remedy provisions.”

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Judges: Ronnie L. White

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