High Court Says Family of Dead Worker Can't Sue Employer in Tort

The family of a worker who was crushed by an engine block could not sue the worker's employer in tort because it could not surmount the high evidentiary burden of establishing that the worker's fatal injury was "substantially certain" to occur, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled.Case: Miller v. Sattler Supply Co., No. 13-CC-2558, 01/27/2014, published.Facts: Ashton Miller Jr.'s decedent died as a result of injuries sustained in a workplace accident, which occurred when a large engine block he was cleaning fell on him. Miller then sued the decedent's employer, the Sattler Su...