A divided Missouri Supreme Court revived a widow's wrongful death claim against one of her late husband's employers by ruling that a workers' compensation award against an insured employer does not bar a wrongful death claim against an uninsured employer. Lonnie Lewis died at the age of 24 when a tractor trailer in which he was a passenger overturned in the early hours of the morning on a highway outside Marceline in March 2004. The driver of the truck, Nathan R. Gilmore, was operating the tractor trailer in the course of his employment with Buddy Freeman, and Freeman operated his ...
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