Burgos v. Areway, Inc.

Nahra, Judge.

Appellant, Angelo Burgos, is appealing the trial court’s decision granting summary judgment in favor of his employer-appellee, Areway, Inc., arising out of appellant’s intentional tort claim. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Areway is in the business of plating and polishing small metal parts. Angelo Burgos had been employed at Areway as a plater for four months. The plating line consists of two parallel rows of tanks separated by a catwalk. The level of the catwalk is below the tanks. The plater stands on the catwalk to operate an electrically controlled hoist that lowers…