Pregnant Missouri DOT worker painting highway lines killed by vehicle; MODOT considers fetus an employee so workman's comp covers any liability

[essentialsaltes]

MoDOT claims unborn baby killed in crash as an employee​

Kaitlyn Anderson was nearly six months pregnant and an employee for the Missouri Department of Transportation when a vehicle struck and killed her at a worksite.

MoDOT has attempted to claim Anderson's unborn child, Jaxx, as an employee, which would make the case a worker's compensation issue rather than a wrongful death suit.

Anderson's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. However, in court filings MoDOT claims Jaxx was their employee, according to reporting by KMOV-TV.

A Missouri Supreme Court trial is set for March.

 

[DaisyDay]

She had been hit three times before? Was the vehicle driven by an MDOT employee? The other employees that the article mentions, were they hit by the same vehicle?

The article is unclear to me.

 

[Goonie]

MoDOT claims unborn baby killed in crash as an employee​

Kaitlyn Anderson was nearly six months pregnant and an employee for the Missouri Department of Transportation when a vehicle struck and killed her at a worksite.

MoDOT has attempted to claim Anderson's unborn child, Jaxx, as an employee, which would make the case a worker's compensation issue rather than a wrongful death suit.

Anderson's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. However, in court filings MoDOT claims Jaxx was their employee, according to reporting by KMOV-TV.

A Missouri Supreme Court trial is set for March.

So they are admitting to child slavery, even before the child is born. Since I am assuming the mother was not paid the fetus employees minimum wage.

 

[essentialsaltes]

She had been hit three times before?

I gather that was on previous work assignments. So (if I'm reading this right) on the fateful day she was on striping duty, which was thought to be safer.

Was the vehicle driven by an MDOT employee?

No, just a random driver suffering a medical emergency: "McFadden, who is diabetic, was suffering a medical emergency due to a sudden and severe drop in his blood glucose level."

Grand jury declines to charge driver in crash that killed MoDOT workers​

The other employees that the article mentions, were they hit by the same vehicle?

Yes.

 

[Elliewaves]

were they paying the mother double before her death since they considered the child an employee?

 

[Goonie]

were they paying the mother double before her death since they considered the child an employee?

Don't be silly the fetus was employed for nothing, ie. A slave.

 

[RileyG]

How very sad.

 

[RileyG]

were they paying the mother double before her death since they considered the child an employee?

This does not help the pro-life movement at all. Jaxx only "job" was developing inside his mother until he was born. To say he was an "employee" of the company is beyond silly. Just. No.

(I am pro-life).

 

[Elliewaves]

This does not help the pro-life movement at all. Jaxx only "job" was developing inside his mother until he was born. To say he was an "employee" of the company is beyond silly. Just. No.

(I am pro-life).

I'm not saying he was an employee; the company is saying he was an employee so they consider it not a wrongful death but a workman's comp. issue.

 

[RileyG]

I'm not saying he was an employee; the company is saying he was an employee so they consider it not a wrongful death but a workman's comp. issue.

Yes. The company. not you. Sorry for the confusion.

 

[Hans Blaster]

MoDOT claims unborn baby killed in crash as an employee​

Kaitlyn Anderson was nearly six months pregnant and an employee for the Missouri Department of Transportation when a vehicle struck and killed her at a worksite.

MoDOT has attempted to claim Anderson's unborn child, Jaxx, as an employee, which would make the case a worker's compensation issue rather than a wrongful death suit.

Anderson's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. However, in court filings MoDOT claims Jaxx was their employee, according to reporting by KMOV-TV.

A Missouri Supreme Court trial is set for March.

Wow. I thought the child labor laws were extreme in neighboring Arkansas, but Missouri is working them down to -0.25 years.

 

[Goonie]

Well first question where is the fetus's contract of employment? How did it do in the job interview?

 

[Hank77]

MoDOT claims unborn baby killed in crash as an employee​

Kaitlyn Anderson was nearly six months pregnant and an employee for the Missouri Department of Transportation when a vehicle struck and killed her at a worksite.

MoDOT has attempted to claim Anderson's unborn child, Jaxx, as an employee, which would make the case a worker's compensation issue rather than a wrongful death suit.

Anderson's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit. However, in court filings MoDOT claims Jaxx was their employee, according to reporting by KMOV-TV.

A Missouri Supreme Court trial is set for March.

I'll bet that the Worker's Compensation insurance company that the DOT uses will have something to say about that. I'll bet the DOT never paid insurance premiums for that unborn child, so the child wasn't covered.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Meanwhile in Oklahoma...

Aguilar had been taking [marijuana] to treat severe morning sickness during pregnancy. Medical marijuana is legal in Oklahoma, and she had a doctor-approved state license to use it.

in June, a judge in Kay County tossed out the charges against Aguilar, ruling there was no evidence that she broke state law. And that might have been the end of it.

But the local prosecutor was undeterred. He filed an appeal to reinstate the charges, arguing that Aguilar broke the law because the fetus growing inside her did not have its own, separate license to use medical marijuana.

 

[NxNW]

So they are admitting to child slavery, even before the child is born. Since I am assuming the mother was not paid the fetus employees minimum wage.

I'd like to see the payroll records.

 

[Goonie]

I'd like to see the payroll records.

I want to the job application and interview!

 

[KCfromNC]

I'd like to see the payroll records.

Given that citizenship is gained at birth, looks like MoDOT has admitted they're employing illegal immigrants after failing to verify the information needed for an I-9 form. What's the penalty per case for that? Isn't that a federal offense?