Grissom v. Vons Companies, Inc.

Opinion

JACKMAN, J. * —

I

In this case we explore an employer’s duties under Labor Code section 2802, 1 which requires an employer to “indemnify” his or her employee “for all that the employee necessarily expends or loses in direct consequence of the discharge” of the employee’s duties. 2 As explained below, the employer’s duties include reimbursement of funds the employee “necessarily expends” to obtain independent counsel to defend an action for conduct within the course and scope of his or her employment. Because the plaintiff in this case may have necessarily expended fimds for such counsel,…