Insurer's Constitutional Challenge Heads to Supreme Court

An employer is challenging the constitutionality of a Missouri law that passed in 2014 by a compromise between the Republican-dominated legislature and the Democratic governor, in a case that is headed to the state Supreme Court. The Missouri Court of Appeals determined Tuesday that the Supreme Court should intervene in Accident Fund Insurance Co. v. Robert Casey to answer the question of whether a law allowing workers to collect roughly $500,000 if they’re diagnosed with a rare, asbestos-linked cancer is constitutional. The case came about after tile installer Robert Casey contra...