Legal Opinion
Watters Associates v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 25, 1991No. A051688PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WHITE, P. J.
In Watters Associates v. Superior Court (1990) 218 Cal.App.3d 1322 [267 Cal.Rptr. 696] (Watters I) we held that an injured temporary employee could not pursue a civil action against his employment agency for an injury caused by his temporary employer’s removal of the point of operation guard on a power press. Under Labor Code section 4558 only the employer who actually removed or specifically authorized removal of the guard could be sued at law for damages. In this proceeding, we are asked to protect the employment agency from a cross-complaint by the temporary employer who…
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