12.19.21
After a tornado destroyed a factory killing eight, several Mayfield Consumer Products employees filed a lawsuit against the candle maker. A spokesperson representing the candle factory has refuted the claims that workers could not go home before a tornado destroyed it.
According to the class-action lawsuit filed in the Graves Circuit Court, the defendant violated KRS Chapter 338, a revised statute promoting the safety, health and general welfare of employees in Kentucky. Lawyers state the violation caused more than 100 employees to suffer bodily injuries “as a direct or substantial or proximate cause of Defendant’s actions and/or omission on December 10, 2021.”
The company "showed flagrant indifference to the rights [of employees] with a subjective awareness that such conduct will result in human death and/or bodily injuries," according to the lawsuit. The survivors are pursuing punitive and compensatory damages, attorney's fees, prejudgment and post-judgment interests, and "a trial by jury on all issues so triable."
“We kept getting warnings on our phones about tornadoes,” candle factory worker John Lawson told Wave3 News. “No one wanted to stay, everyone kept saying they wanted to go home, but they wouldn’t let us.”
Mayfield Consumer Products representatives refuted the claim, adding it was too dangerous to go outside during the warnings.
According to the class-action lawsuit filed in the Graves Circuit Court, the defendant violated KRS Chapter 338, a revised statute promoting the safety, health and general welfare of employees in Kentucky. Lawyers state the violation caused more than 100 employees to suffer bodily injuries “as a direct or substantial or proximate cause of Defendant’s actions and/or omission on December 10, 2021.”
The company "showed flagrant indifference to the rights [of employees] with a subjective awareness that such conduct will result in human death and/or bodily injuries," according to the lawsuit. The survivors are pursuing punitive and compensatory damages, attorney's fees, prejudgment and post-judgment interests, and "a trial by jury on all issues so triable."
“We kept getting warnings on our phones about tornadoes,” candle factory worker John Lawson told Wave3 News. “No one wanted to stay, everyone kept saying they wanted to go home, but they wouldn’t let us.”
Mayfield Consumer Products representatives refuted the claim, adding it was too dangerous to go outside during the warnings.