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MO HB434
Bill
Status
3/31/2011
Primary Sponsor
Michael Corcoran
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AI Summary
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Releases co-employees from liability for negligence in providing a safe workplace, unless the co-employee engaged in an intentional act that purposefully and dangerously caused or increased the risk of injury.
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Includes unprovoked violence or assault by any person as types of "accidents" covered under workers' compensation.
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Requires administrative law judges and the labor and industrial relations commission to weigh evidence impartially without giving the benefit of the doubt to any party.
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Maintains existing provisions regarding compensation reductions for employee violations of safety rules, drug-free workplace policies, and participation in recreational activities.
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Exempts firefighters from restrictions on psychological stress benefits resulting from work-related stress under the new mental injury provisions.
Legislative Description
Requires co-employees to be released from liability for negligence in performing the nondelegable duty of an employer to provide a safe workplace when the negligence contributes to injury or death
Last Action
Second Read and Referred: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence (S)
4/7/2011