In class-action litigation about the 2016 fiasco where American Airlines switched to uniforms with synthetic materials containing formaldehyde and chlordane that allegedly caused thousands of its employees to suffer severe headaches, fatigue, respiratory problems, vertigo and rashes, the plaintiffs tried to sidestep the exclusive-remedy provisions in the workers’ compensation statutes of seven states (Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina and Texas) by arguing that the airline committed two …