Todd Shipyards Corp. v. Perez

Justice HECHT, joined by Justice OWEN, dissenting from the denial of the petition for review.

The issue in this case is whether an employer’s discharge in bankruptcy bars a claim for the subsequent death of a former employee allegedly caused by the debtor’s pre-petition conduct. Because this is an important issue that has already arisen in several cases and is likely to recur, and because the courts that have considered the issue are in disagreement, I would grant the petition and set oral argument. I respectfully dissent from the Court’s summary denial of the petition.

Guadalupe Garcia worked…