November 06, 2023
A North Carolina federal judge tossed a negligence suit by contract workers who witnessed two colleagues die in a fire at a paper mill, accepting a magistrate's recommendation that there wasn't a sufficient connection between their distress and the corrosion control contractor's actions.
April 20, 2023
A corrosion control contractor asked a North Carolina federal judge on Thursday for an early out in a negligence suit over a deadly paper mill fire, saying it is not to blame for the distress experienced by a dozen workers who allegedly witnessed their colleagues' deaths.
January 09, 2023
A dozen contract workers who witnessed two of their colleagues die in a blaze at a North Carolina paper mill are suing the facility and another contractor whose employee allegedly caused the fire, saying the incident has caused them "severe mental anguish and distress."