Two state laws seem to conflict about employees’ right to sue their employer over exposure to toxic chemicals.

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Tags: General Dynamics, occupational exposure to hazardous substances, toxic chemicals, Workers' comp, wrongful death

A company removed guards from a shredder, assigned an underage employee to use it and didn’t train him. The teen was crushed to death in the shredder. Does the teen’s family have a case for wrongful death, or are they limited to workers’ comp death benefits?

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Tags: killed in shredder, machine guards, underage employee, Workers' comp, wrongful death