{"id":"DUT-MS-014","kind":"duty","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Mississippi","state":"MS","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Mississippi","authority":"Mississippi common law of master and servant; Miss. R. Civ. P. 20(a)","instrument":"Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc. v. Armond, 866 So. 2d 1092 (Miss. 2004), No. 2003-IA-00398-SCT (Feb. 19, 2004)","title":"The Supreme Court\u0027s statement of its Travis holding: all the employees\u0027 claims \u0027arose out of ICR\u0027s policy of not warning or protecting its workers from the hazards of asbestos exposure, and breaching its non-delegable duty to provide a reasonably safe place to work\u0027","dateIssued":"2004-02-19","effective":"standing (common law)","end":"standing","startDate":"2004-02-19","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers"],"clause":"This Court found that the lower court did not abuse its discretion in allowing the joinder of these plaintiffs. Travis, 808 So.2d at 936. The Court found that all the claims arose out of ICR\u0027s policy of not warning or protecting its workers from the hazards of asbestos exposure, and breaching its non-delegable duty to provide a reasonably safe place to work. Id. at 935-36.","enforcement":"Tort liability for breach","functions":[],"notes":"The Court describes the Mississippi employer\u0027s obligation as a \u0027non-delegable duty to provide a reasonably safe place to work,\u0027 breached by a policy of not warning or protecting workers from a workplace hazard; the duty is the common-law vessel that the health authorities\u0027 COVID-19 directives filled. Character as recorded: adjudication (workplace duty construed).","sourceUrl":"https://static.case.law/so2d/866/html/1092-01.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":224816,"grade":"primary","character":"adjudication","description":"","collection":"DUT-MS","url":"/library/DUT-MS-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MS-014","citation":"Supreme Court of Mississippi, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc. v. Armond, 866 So. 2d 1092 (Miss. 2004), No. 2003-IA-00398-SCT (Feb. 19, 2004) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-014)","stateName":"Mississippi","related":["DUT-MS-013"]}