Fischl v. Paller & Goldstein

Opinion

WHITE, P. J.

In this case, we hold an employer does not have a cause of action to recover damages for increased workers’ compensation insurance premiums and lost profits incurred as a result of negligent injury to its employee.

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Facts

Employees of respondent Paller & Goldstein negligently injured appellant Hester Dry wall’s employee, Harold Fischl, while they were working together at a construction site. After Fischl sued respondent for personal injury, appellant filed a complaint in intervention against respondent to recover certain costs it had incurred because of the accident. In…