Award Metals, Inc. v. Superior Court

Opinion

EPSTEIN, J.

This petition for writ of mandate seeks relief from the overruling of an employer’s demurrer to four causes of action in a complaint brought by its former employee for injuries sustained while operating a power press. The issue presented is whether an employee who suffers industrial injury under circumstances described in Labor Code section 4558 is permitted to bring “an action at law for damages” against his or her employer on all theories, including those that require a lesser degree of proof than that statute. We conclude that the employee is not permitted to bring an…