Miller v. King
California Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GILBERT, J.
An employee is injured on the job. Her employer is a corporation. The owners of the property on which the corporation does its business, and where the employee was injured, all owned stock in the corporation at the time of the injury. The injured employee receives workers’ compensation benefits from her corporate employer. May she also bring a legal action against the owners of the property? Yes.
Under these circumstances we hold the injured employee of the corporation is not barred by Labor Code 1 section 3602, subdivision (a) from maintaining a third party premises…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lyon v. BarrettSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1982
- Bell v. Industrial Vangas, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1981
- Royster v. MontanezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1982
- Blew v. HornerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986
- Vaughn v. JerniganCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
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