Retired utility workers are suing their former employer for knowingly exposing them to asbestos without warning them of the health risks. The retired workers did not learn of the prolonged exposure until long after their retirement because the company engaged in a systematic cover up of the exposure. The retired workers' cause of action is for which of the following?

a. Assault
b. Battery
c. Injurious falsehood
d. Tortious interference

Retired utility workers are suing their former employer for knowingly exposing them to asbestos without warning them of the health risks. The retired workers did not learn of the prolonged exposure until long after their retirement because the company engaged in a systematic cover up of the exposure. The retired workers' cause of action is for battery.

In Business law, battery can be defined as the act of intentionally causing physical harm to an individual or group of people through physical contacts.

Hence, in this case the employers knowingly or intentionally exposed the retired workers to asbestos without warning them of the health risks associated.

Simply stated, a battery in criminal law is completed assault.