Elsner v. Uveges
California Supreme Court
Marguerite I. Delbourgo for Intervener and Appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WERDEGAR, J.
In 1971, the Legislature enacted Labor Code section 6304.5, 1 a statute that barred the admission of California Occupational Safety and Health Act (Cal-OSHA) provisions 2 in employee negligence actions against nonemployers. Labor Code section 6304.5 created an exception to the long-standing common law mle, codified in Evidence Code section 669, that statutes may be admitted to establish a standard or duty of care in negligence actions.
In 1999, the Legislature substantially amended section 6304.5, which now provides in part: “Sections 452 and 669 of the Evidence Code shall…
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