Legal Opinion
Renteria v. County of Orange
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 17, 1978No. Civ. 19355PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GARDNER, P. J.
The question presented by this appeal is whether an employee’s civil action against his employer and fellow employees for intentional infliction of emotional distress is barred by the exclusive remedy provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Lab. Code § 3200 et seq.). We hold that it is not.
Plaintiff filed a complaint in the court below alleging that he is an investigator for the Orange County Department of Social Services and that defendants, his employer and fellow employees, treated plaintiff in a rude and degrading manner, placed him under surveillance, subjected…
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