Schlick v. Comco Management, Inc.

Opinion

TAYLOR, J. *

—The Workers’ Compensation Act generally precludes an industrially injured employee from maintaining an action for damages against his employer or the employer’s insurer; the employee’s exclusive remedy is his right to workers’ compensation benefits under the jurisdiction of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. (Former Lab. Code, § 3601, now § 3602; 1 §§ 3850, subd. (b), 3852, 5300; Unruh v. Truck Insurance Exchange (1972) 7 Cal.3d 616 [102 Cal.Rptr. 815, 498 P.2d 1063].) In this appeal we decide whether an employee may bring a civil action against the independent…