The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that the exclusivity provision of the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Act precludes employees' claims for exposure to radioactive substances.
In Rainer v. Union Carbide Corp., No. 03-6032, 03/08/2005, four workers, who were exposed to radioactive substances while they were employed at Paducah Gas Diffusion Plant (PGDP), and members of their families sued General Electric (the uranium fuel supplier), Union Carbide, Martin Marietta, and Lockheed Martin Utilities Services on various state and federal grounds. Union Carbide, Martin Mar...
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