Vuillemainroy v. American Rock & Asphalt, Inc.

Opinion

CORRIGAN, Acting P. J.

J.Here we are called upon to interpret the language of Supreme Court precedent and determine whether the exclusivity of the workers’ compensation remedy bars recovery in tort to a family whose decedent was killed as a result of an employer’s allegedly criminal negligence. We conclude this suit is barred by the Workers’ Compensation Act.

Background

Plaintiffs’ decedent Ray Vuillemainroy was killed in a workplace accident when the brakes failed on a heavily loaded truck he was driving down a steep haul road. Plaintiffs sued Mr. Vuillemainroy’s employer, American Rock…