{"disclaimer":"This is a summary of public court records and is not legal advice. Missouri slip opinions may be modified or withdrawn; consult the official source.","party":{"slug":"stephen-walker-individually","displayName":"Stephen Walker, Individually","totalCases":1},"cases":[{"caseId":"moappwd:wd85172:2022-09-27","opinionId":"7160aa69-1c85-5cce-99db-db3289cc2cf6","slug":"sarah-channel-lauren-channel-mary-channel-v-stephen-walker-individually-d85172","caseName":"Sarah Channel, Lauren Channel, Mary Channel\nvs. \nStephen Walker, Individually","caseNumber":"WD85172","court":"moappwd","courtLabel":"Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District","decisionDate":"2022-09-27","year":2022,"display_summary":"Sarah, Lauren, and Mary Channel appealed the circuit court's summary judgment in favor of Stephen Walker in their wrongful death action. They alleged Walker, a co-employee and manager, intentionally and negligently caused Thomas Channel's heat-related death by failing to follow heat stress protocols and assigning him to a long route in a truck without air conditioning. The appellate court affirmed, holding that Walker's alleged actions were encompassed within the employer's nondelegable duty to provide a safe workplace and did not constitute a breach of an independent duty of care.","primaryTopic":"workers-compensation","topicSlugs":["workers-compensation","negligence","summary-judgment","employment-law","wrongful-death"],"outcomeNorm":"affirmed","officialSourceUrl":"https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=189376","detailUrl":"https://ott.law/missouri-courts/opinions/sarah-channel-lauren-channel-mary-channel-v-stephen-walker-individually-d85172","relatedPracticeAreas":[{"slug":"personal-injury","label":"Personal Injury","href":"/practice-areas/personal-injury","score":32,"source":"tag","evidence":["tag: personal-injury","topic: negligence"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/personal-injury"},{"slug":"employment","label":"Employment Law","href":"/practice-areas/employment","score":16,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: employment-law","text: employee","text: employer"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/employment"},{"slug":"workers-compensation","label":"Workers' Compensation","href":"/practice-areas/workers-compensation","score":12,"source":"topic","evidence":["topic: workers-compensation"],"url":"https://ott.law/practice-areas/workers-compensation"}],"role":"respondent"}]}