Reed Tool Co. v. Copelin

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• concluding that the employer must have the specific intent to inflict injury to commit an intentional tort
• holding that an employer’s intentional failure to provide a safe workplace does not rise to the level of intentionally injuring its employees unless the employer believes its conduct is substantially certain to cause the injury
• holding that an employer’s intentional failure to provide a safe workplace does not rise to the level of intentionally injuring its employees unless the employer believes its conduct is substantially certain to cause the injury
• explaining that intent exists if the actor desires to cause the “consequences” of his act, or knows that the “consequences” are substantially certain to result
• explaining that intent exists if the actor desires to cause the “consequences” of his act, or the actor knows that the “consequences” are substantially certain to result
• stating workers' compensation does not bar alternate remedy where employee is injured intentionally, specific intent to injure is \fundamental difference\ between negligent and intentional injuries, and adopting two-prong Restatement (Second

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