§17.5 “knowingly”

• Library: Workers' Compensation Law Deskbook Vol. 2 (2020 Ed.)

B. (§17.5) “Knowingly”

The Law prohibits a knowing failure to insure. This mental state can be satisfied in two ways:

(1) With respect to his or her conduct or to attendant circumstances when he or she is aware of the nature of his or her conduct or that those circumstances exist; or

(2) With respect to a result of his or her conduct when he or she is aware that his or her conduct is practically certain to cause that result.

Section 562.016.3, RSMo 2016.

“Direct proof that a person acted ‘knowingly’ is...