Johns-Manville Products Corp. v. Superior Court

Opinion

MOSK, J.

Section 3600 of the Labor Code provides that an employer is liable for injuries to its employees arising out of and in the course of employment, and section 3601 declares that where the conditions of *468workers’ compensation exist, the right to recover such compensation is the exclusive remedy against an employer for injury or death of an employee.1 The issue to be decided in this proceeding is whether an employee is barred by these provisions from prosecuting an action at law against his employer for the intentional torts of fraud and conspiracy in knowingly ordering the employee…