Family of Worker Who Committed Suicide Can't Maintain Wrongful Death Suit Against Employer

A California appellate court ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the workers’ compensation law barred a worker’s family from bringing a wrongful death suit following years of alleged mistreatment by his colleagues. Case: Coffman v. California State Department of Transportation, No. H046473, 03/04/2021, unpublished. Facts: John Coffman worked for the California Department of Transportation doing landscape maintenance. Michael Nelson was his supervisor. In May 2002, Coffman filed a complaint that his colleague David Craig had accused him of “stupidity&rdqu...