L.E. MYERS CO. v. SECRETARY OF LABOR

No. 87-246.

484 U.S. 989 (1987)

L.E. MYERS CO., HIGH VOLTAGE DIVISION, ET AL. v. SECRETARY OF LABOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

December 14, 1987.


Certiorari denied.

JUSTICE WHITE, with whom JUSTICE O'CONNOR joins, dissenting.

The issue in this case is upon which party in an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) enforcement action does the burden of proving that a workplace accident was the result of unforeseeable employee misconduct fall. The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that the issue of unforeseeable employee misconduct is an affirmative defense: once the Government establishes...

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