By Doug Cunningham

More than 70 labor groups are suing the state of Missouri over changes in the Worker's Comp system that could slash benefits in half for some workers killed or injured on the job. Sherwood Smith is President of the State Council of Firefighters in Missouri.

[Sherwood Smith] "We think that there should be some umbrella of protection that we had in the past. I mean we are not trying to enhance it in any way. We are saying at the very minimum we should at least have what we had before."