Legal Opinion
Nicholas Laboratories v. Chen
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 12, 2011No. G044105PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
IKOLA, J.
The question presented is whether plaintiff, Nicholas Laboratories, LLC (Nicholas Labs), is required to “indemnify” its ex-employee, defendant Christopher Chen, for attorney fees incurred by Chen during his successful defense of an action brought by Nicholas Labs. The trial court rejected Chen’s assertion that various statutory (Lab. Code, § 2802, subd. (a); Corp. Code, § 317, subd. (d)) and/or contractual indemnity provisions obligated Nicholas Labs to reimburse Chen.
We hold that Labor Code section 2802 does not require an employer to reimburse its employee for attorney fees…
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