Report: City Sues Residents to Recoup Comp Costs for Injured Cop

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Wednesday reported that the city is suing two residents in an attempt to recover more than $190,000 in workers’ compensation benefits paid to a police officer injured in a car crash. The city is suing a driver who allegedly failed to stop at a red light in November 2017 before hitting a city police vehicle. The city is also suing the owner of the car involved in the crash. According to the report, the city is demanding that the driver and the owner of the vehicle jointly reimburse it for the more than $190,000 it paid in workers’ compensation benefi...