Rainer v. Union Carbide Corporation

Employees including Rainer (plaintiff) at a uranium processing plant owned by GE and operated by Union Carbide, Martin Marietta, and Lockheed Martin (defendants) sued over exposure to hazardous byproducts far exceeding safe levels, despite showing no actual present physical harm at the time of suit; the district court dismissed, holding Kentucky's Workers' Compensation Act was the exclusive remedy and that the plaintiffs failed to establish the exception for injuries caused by an employer's "deliberate intention."