Mayfield Candle Factory Tornado Lawsuit Sent Back to Graves County Court
A Kentucky appeals court has ruled that employees killed or injured when a tornado destroyed the Mayfield Consumer Products candle factory in 2021 may pursue a lawsuit outside of workers’ compensation. In a June 18 decision, the Kentucky Court of Appeals said workers and the estates of those killed can sue the company and a supervisor for damages if allegations are proven that employees were threatened with termination or unlawfully prevented from leaving the building before the EF-4 tornado struck. […]
