A federal appellate court ruled that South Carolina’s workers’ compensation statutes did not deprive a trial judge of subject matter jurisdiction over a civil suit by three workers who were badly burned in a plastics plant fire.
Case: Wideman v. Innovative Fibers LLC, No. 23-1163, 05/02/2024, published.
Facts: Innovative Fibers LLC and Stein Fibers Ltd. owned and operated a plant in South Carolina that converted recycled plastics into polyester fibers.
The plant had two gas-fueled ovens encased in steel scaffolding superstructures that supported platforms above. The platforms pr...
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