The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that an employer who used a worker as a "guinea pig" to test a harness system that had been involved in an accident involving another employee that same day should be held liable for the payment of enhanced benefits to the worker for its egregious conduct.Case: Scruggs v. Westlake PVC Corp., Nos. 2013-SC-000020-WC, 2013-SC-000052-WC, 06/19/2014, unpublished. Facts: Kenneth Scruggs worked for the Westlake PVC Corp. as a chemical operator. His job required that he climb up and down and move around railroad cars.While he was at work, one of his coworkers fell...
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