Legal Opinion
Orosco v. Sun-Diamond Corp.
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 14, 1997No. F023254PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
VARTABEDIAN, J.
Appellant Joe Orosco lost his arm in an industrial accident. His employer, Sun-Maid Growers, Inc. (hereafter Sun-Maid), had workers’ compensation insurance under which appellant filed a claim. The question presented here is whether appellant may also recover, in tort, from respondent corporations engaged in various business pursuits with and on behalf of Sun-Maid. We conclude appellant has failed to raise a triable issue of material fact concerning respondents’ liability. (Code Civ. Proc., § 437c, subd. (c).) We affirm the judgment entered on the trial court’s order…
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