KOFRON v. AMOCO CHEMICALS CORP.


441 A.2d 226 (1982)

Lewis KOFRON, et al., Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. AMOCO CHEMICALS CORPORATION, et al., Defendants Below, Appellees. Earl R. NUTT, et al., Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. E. I. duPONT deNEMOURS & CO., INC., et al., Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided January 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Jacobs (argued), of Bader, Dorsey & Kreshtool, Wilmington, for Kofron, et al., and Nutt, et al., plaintiffs below, appellants.

Howard M. Berg (argued), of Berg, Heckler & Cattie, Wilmington, for Amoco Chemicals Corp., et al., defendants below, appellees.

Thomas L. Morrissey (argued), of Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, Newark, N. J., for E. I. duPont deNemours and Co., Inc., et al., defendants below, appellees.

Before McNEILLY and HORSEY, JJ., and BROWN, Vice-Chancellor.


McNEILLY, Justice:

We here consider two appeals from decisions of the Superior Court which require us to determine the scope of coverage of the Delaware Workmen's Compensation Law. In both cases plaintiffs instituted common law causes of action based, respectively, on claims of gross negligence and intentional tort against defendants, their former or present employers, and a number of other corporations, engaged in the manufacturing...

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