Williams v. International Paper Co.

Opinion

SPARKS, J.

The principal question presented by this appeal is whether an employee may bring a civil action against his employer for injuries caused by the employer’s intentional failure to correct hazardous working conditions when it knew that an injurious explosion was substantially certain to occur. We hold that such an action is barred by the “exclusive remedy” limitation of the workers’ compensation act (Lab. Code, § 3200 et seq.)

Plaintiff was employed by defendant as a “charge operator” in the “old power house” at its mill facility at Weed. He was severely injured in the course of…