Exclusive Remedy Limits HA Shooting Claims

Associated Press reports that the families of seven Xerox Corp. employees shot to death by a co-worker in 1999 will not be able to sue the company since workers' compensation is the exclusive remedy. Circuit Judge Eden Elizabeth Hifo on Friday agreed with company attorneys that the shooting tragedy was a workplace incident. Copier repairman Byran Uyesugi, now serving a life in prison without parole, gunned down seven at a Xerox warehouse.The families argued that Xerox had failed to take sufficient stops to protect employees because officials knew that Uyesugi had anger problems, kept an exte...