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Case Name | D'Angona v. County of LA | |
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Date | 07/10/1980 | |
Note | Hospital treating injured employee is not an employer; dual capacity exception to exclusive remedy applies. | |
Citation | 27 Cal.3d 661, 45 CCC 722 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 24191980 CA |
LINDA D'ANGONA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant and Respondent (Opinion by Mosk, J. , with Bird, C. J. , Tobriner, Clark, Richardson and Newman, JJ. , concurring. Thereafter, plaintiff filed the present action against Los Angeles County, seeking damages for the aggravation of her disease. After an award of benefits was made in her favor for disability arising from these injuries, she filed the present action in the superior court for damages against the county, fn. However, she served the complaint only upon the county, which is the sole respondent on this appeal. The county in its answer admitted it is engaged in operating the Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center.
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