Bosch v. St. Louis Healthcare Network

PRICE, Chief Justice.

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This case comes to us after the dismissal of the plaintiffs claim. Two issues are presented. First, whether section 287.120.2, RSMo 1994, part of the workers’ compensation act, precludes the spouse of an employee who has made a claim for a workplace injury from bringing his or her own cause of action against the employer for negligent infliction of emotional distress. And second, whether the plaintiff has pled sufficient facts to make out a cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress. Section 287.120.2 does not preclude an action for a spouse’s…