HB 374 -- Firefighter's Rule

Co-Sponsors:  Bishop, Bruns, Wildberger

This bill changes the "firefighter's rule" by allowing
firefighters, police officers, or emergency medical personnel who
are injured in the line of duty to recover damages from the
person whose act or omission caused the injury.  The
firefighter's rule provides that a firefighter brought in contact
with an emergency situation who is injured in the line of duty
may not recover against the person whose ordinary negligence
created the emergency.  See Gray v. Russell, 853 S.W.2d 928, 930
(Mo. banc 1993).

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