Weinstein v. St. Mary's Medical Center

Opinion

WALKER, J.

This case presents the issue whether an employee’s action against her employer for injuries sustained as the result of a “slip and fall” while on the employer’s premises in the course of treatment for a prior work-related injury is barred by the provisions of the Labor Code establishing workers’ compensation as the exclusive remedy for her recovery (Lab. Code, §§ 3600-3603); 1 or whether the employer may be held liable based upon the common law duty of a landowner to an invitee to exercise reasonable care in maintaining premises to avoid exposing persons to an unreasonable…