The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that a claim for an employee's death caused by willful act of co-worker has its exclusive remedy in state workers' compensation laws.
In Tanks v. Lockheed Martin Corp. , No. 05-60028, 07/14/2005, Thomas Willis was shot and killed in a shooting rampage at the Lockheed Martin Corporation (Lockheed) in July 2003. "At the time, the decedent was an assemblyman who had been employed by Lockheed for more than 33 years; a co-worker, Douglas Paul Williams, was also an assemblyman in that plant and had been employed by Lockheed for 19 yea...
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