Court Tosses Workers' Deliberate-Intention Claim for Alleged Chemical Exposure Injuries

The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a tort claim by two hospital employees who asserted that their employer deliberately caused them injuries by exposing them to a toxic chemical in the workplace. Case: King v. Jewish Hospital, No. 2016-CA-000409-MR, 08/10/2018, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: Mary King and Delores Pruitt both worked for Jewish Hospital. They claimed that they suffered injuries when they were exposed to ethylene oxide gas at work in August 2011. Two days after the alleged exposure incident, King filed a report of injury with the Kentuc...