Legal Opinion
Pratt v. National Distillers and Chemical Corp.
District Court, S.D. Ohio
Decided February 22, 1984No. C-1-83-249Published
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Doc. No. 12)
CARL B. RUBIN, Chief Judge.
This matter is before the Court on defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 12). Defendant argues that plaintiff 1 cannot maintain a cause of action for an intentional tort after having accepted workers’ compensation benefits.
The pertinent facts may be briefly stated. Plaintiff’s husband was injured in a chemical explosion in defendant’s plant on February 18, 1982. He died on March 16, 1982.
In the weeks between his injury and his death, plaintiffs husband received workers’ compensation…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sartor v. Arkansas Natural Gas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Blankenship v. Cincinnati Milacron Chemicals, Inc.Ohio Supreme Court · 1982
- Billy K. Watkins v. Northwestern Ohio Tractor Pullers Association, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
- Clutter v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Nayman v. KilbaneOhio Supreme Court · 1982
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