Aluminum Plant Worker Cannot Prove that Exposure to High Energy Machinery’s Radiation Contributed to Development of Brain Cancer
The Court of Appeals of North Carolina affirmed the State Industrial Commission’s denial of a claim for workers’ compensation, which alleged that a decade of working next to a machine that transmitted x-rays as part of the aluminum foil manufacturing process contributed to the worker’s brain cancer. Citing the device’s radiation protection shield, the inability of a worker to get...Dairy Manufacturer Justified In Terminating Disabled Worker Who Refused To Perform Safety Check
Posted on Feb 12, 2014 in Litigation | 0 comments
An Ohio federal court granted a dairy manufacturer’s motion for summary judgment in a case brought by a worker under the Americans with Disabilities Act who had been assigned a new job of watching milk containers pass on a conveyor belt and removing any leaking containers. The worker, who was disabled as a result of a motorcycle incident years earlier, refused to perform the safety...
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