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汽车专业翻译中英文全apersonwhoisinjuredinanautomobileaccidentwhileinthe@#@UNINSUREDMOTORISTCOVERAGE@#@THEIMPACTOFWORKERS’COMPENSATIONANDWORK-RELATEDINJURIES@#@ByTimothyW.Monsees@#@Apersonwhoisinjuredbyaco-employeeinanautomobileaccidentwhileinthecourseofhisorheremploymentmaybeentitledtorecoverunderbothapolicyprovidingforuninsuredmotorvehiclecoverage(UM)andundertheworkers’compensationlaw.Thissituationraisesseverallegalissues.First,inlightofcaselawimmunizingco-employeesfromlegalliabilityunderworkers’compensation,istheat-faultemployeeconsideredsomeonefromwhomtheinjuredpartyis“legallyentitledtorecover?
@#@”Second,fromwhoseuninsuredmotoristpolicycananinjuredworkerrecover?
@#@Finally,mayaninjuredemployeerecoverbothuninsuredmotorvehiclebenefitsandworkers’compensation?
@#@@#@TheWorkers’CompensationLaw,§@#@287.010R.S.Mo.etseq.,providestheexclusiveremedyforemployeesagainstemployersforinjuriescoveredbyitsprovisions.However,thisimmunityextendstoemployeesoftheemployerinamorelimitedfashion.Whilesuitsagainstemployeespersonallyforbreachofthedutytomaintainasafeworkingenvironmentarepreemptedbytheworkers’compensationlaws,anemployeemaysueafellowemployeeforaffirmativenegligentactsoutsidethescopeofanemployer’sresponsibilitytoprovideasafeworkplace.Gunnettv.GirardierBldg.AndRealtyCo.70S.W.3d632(Mo.App.E.D.,2002).Thisraisesthequestion,whatisan“affirmativenegligentact”?
@#@@#@InStateexrel.Taylorv.Wallace,73S.W.3d620,623(Mo.2002)theCourtstatedthat,“thequestionofwhatconstitutesan“affirmativenegligentact”hasnotprovensusceptibleofreliabledefinition,andMissouricourtshaveessentiallyappliedtheruleonacasebycasebasiswithclosereferencetothefactsineachindividualcase.”Id.Withoutan“affirmativenegligentact”aco-employeetortfeasorcannotbeheldliable,sotheonlywayforaninjuredemployeetocollectforthenegligenceofanautomobiletortfeasormaybetocollectfromanuninsuredmotoristpolicy.@#@Conventionalwisdomhasheldthat,duetothehigherstandardofcarerequiredofoperatorsofmotorvehicles,afellowemployeedriverwassimilarlyheldtoahigherstandardofcarethanthegeneralobligationofemployerstoprovideasafeworkplace.Operatorsofmotorvehiclesareheldtothe“highestdegreeofcare.”Hansenv.James,847S.W.2d476(Mo.App.1992);@#@MAI11.01[1996Revision].Insurershavesuccessfullyargued,however,thatnodistinctionshouldbemadebetweentortsarisingoutofaccidentsinvolvingautomobilesandthosethatdonot.@#@InStateexrel.Taylorv.Wallace,supra,boththeinjuredemployeeandthedefendantwereworkingforthesametrashcompany.Theplaintiffwasholdingontothesideofatrashtruckandwassweptfromthesideofthetruckasitstruckamailbox.Plaintiffallegedthatthedefendant:
@#@1)failedtokeepacarefullookout;@#@2)carelesslyandnegligentlystruckamailboxwhiledriving;@#@and3)carelesslyandnegligentlydrovetooclosetoafixedobject.Althoughplaintiffarguedthattheoperatorofthetruckfailedtoexercisethehighestdegreeofcare,thecourtconcludedtheallegationswerenogreaterinkindordegreethanthegeneralobligationofanoperatorofamotorvehicleonapublicroad.Accordingly,thedriver’sneglectdidnotconstitutethekindofaffirmativenegligentactnecessarytodefeattheimmunityofworkers’compensation.Ofnote,althoughthecourtcitesthreecaseexamplestosupportitsconclusion,noneinvolveautomobilecollisionsorastandardofcaregreaterthanordinarynegligence.Id.at622,n.7.@#@Theissuethatmanycourtsdonotagreeuponiswhetherthisimmunitydefeatstheburdenofaninjuredclaimanttodemonstratethatthetortfeasorissomeonefromwhomtheclaimantislegallyentitledtorecover,inaccordancewiththetenetsofuninsuredmotoristlawsandpolicies.SinceseveralMissouricaseshaveheldthatanexclusioninapolicyofautomobileliabilityinsuranceforclaimsbroughtbyinjuredfellowemployeesisnotvoidasagainstpublicpolicy,irrespectiveoftheMotorVehicleFinancialResponsibilityLaw(MVFRL),aclaimforuninsuredmotoristbenefitsmaybetheonlysourceofrecovery,asidefromworkers’compensation.§@#@303.010R.S.Mo.See,e.g.,Bakerv.DePew,860S.W.2d318(Mo.1993).@#@Mostcourtsthathaveconsideredthequestionhaveheldthat“legallyentitledtorecover”importsaconditionprecedenttotheuninsuredmotoristinsurer’sobligationtopay.Forexample,inFoxv.CommercialUnionInsuranceCo.,413So.2d679(La.App.3rdCir.1982),thecourtheldthat,sinceworker’scompensationistheexclusiveremedyforaninjuredemployeeagainstaco-employee,theinjuredemployeedidnothavealegallyenforceablerighttorecoverdamagesfromtheco-employe