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Ah yes, the dystopian approach.
In new legal filings, MoDOT says the unborn baby “…Jaxx Jarvis would also fall within the definition of ‘employee.’”
“When I saw that, it was disappointing,” attorney Andrew Mundwiller said.
Mundwiller, who is suing MoDOT on behalf of Anderson’s family, says the claim is MoDOT’s way of evading accountability.
“First of all, it’s illogical. How would somebody who hasn’t even been born yet work for you?” he said. “But if they were to get someone to buy that, then that means your case is dismissed out of St. Louis County, go to the comp system, where they’re going to take a different position, just like they did initially.”
Workers’ comp already denied Anderson’s family claim because Kaitlyn was not married and had no dependents. Mundwiller says workers’ comp will certainly deny an unborn baby.
“What they’re hoping is they don’t pay anything,” he said.
MoDOT did not have a protective truck in place that day, even though it’s a department policy. That’s the focus of a lawsuit that, Kaitlyn’s mom says, MoDOT keeps avoiding.

What an awful way to evade accountability. I feel horrible for the families. 
Some absurd questions for an absurd problem: If the 6mo fetus counts as a state worker, should it not receive compensation — and could MoDOT be held responsible for withholding wages? And if that fetus is considered a state worker, is MoDOT culpable for child labor? >

Unpaid Child Labor. >

Yeah, that’s child slave labor.  I wonder how much prison time they’d be eligible for. >

I hope the judge takes a long hard look at the attorney for the defendant and raises just that point.
"Suppose I allow this defense. Is MoDOT prepared to go on record, in a court of law - a record which they will not be able to recant, have sealed, or otherwise walk-back - stating that a child of negative approximately three months' year of age, was an employee of MoDOT? Admitting, in a court of law, to multiple violations of State and Federal labor laws regarding child labor, slavery, and so forth and so on? Is MoDOT really so hell-bent-for-leather determined to avoid this suit that they're going to throw themselves under the bus like so? Because that's what my acceptance of this defense would mean; self-incrimination on multiple felonies. Multiple felonies for which MoDOT officials will be facing hard prison sentences. I've got the paperwork right here to submit to the State and Federal courts about the child labor and slave labor practices, all it's waiting for to go to the relevant prosecutors for is for MoDOT to confirm, on the record, in my court, that Ms. Kaitlyn Anderson's unborn child was a MoDOT employee." >

So if this unborn child was an employee of the state, they owe the family back wages and they should be prosecuted for human trafficking because the baby never consented to work for the state. >

Meanwhile, in Hell:
"Shit, I don't even think I have a form for this. God I hate the 2020s. My job hasn't been this much of a pain in my ass since the 1940s! Somebody go down the 8th Circle and pick me up a couple of lawyers. I need someone who speaks this dickhead's language to create a completely new misery management plan for them." >

Can we reboot this world and start over? >

Reboot Burgerstan if you want, sure.