A Missouri appellate court concluded that a worker failed to prove that his employment placed him at a greater risk of contracting COVID-19 or that a distinct feature of his job caused him to contract the disease.
Facts and procedural history: Gordon Johnson worked as a load coordinator and evening dispatcher for RBX Transportation. In 2020, he was diagnosed with COVID-19.
Johnson alleged that three days before he started feeling symptoms, his manager had a fever and was sneezing and coughing. Johnson said he wore a mask outside of work but did not wear one at the office. He also said h...
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