The U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a tort action resulting from an industrial accident on exclusive remedy grounds where the employer's parent company tightly controlled the manufacturing process.In Mendez-Laboy v. Abbott Lab. Inc. (09/15/05 - No. 04-2687) the plaintiffs were injured March 14, 1997 at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant owned and operated by Abbott Health Products, Inc. ("API"), in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, where appellants were employed as coating operators. API's parent company, Abbott Laboratories, Inc. ("Abbott"). On the day in question, the ...
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