"To satisfy the substantial-certainty standard," Judge Eliot Prescott said in a dissent opinion, "an employer must both have 'intended the act and have known that the injury was substantially certain to occur from the act.'"
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The Connecticut Appellate Court reversed a summary judgment order in favor of an asbestos product manufacturer which allegedly exposed an employee to asbestos that resulted in his death by mesothelioma.
The plaintiff, Lana Kelly, as executor of the estates of Harold Dusto and his wife Anita Dusto, argued in her appeal that her claims against Rogers Corp. were not barred by the exclusivity provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act, which has narrow exceptions controlling employees suing their employer for work-related injuries.
exporters knowingly avoided U. S. duties on Asian and European flat-rolled steel products, agreeing to pay $19 million to resolve the dispute, according to a press release issued Wednesday by the U...