California Supreme Court Justices reportedly expressed concerns about facilitating an “avalanche of litigation” in oral arguments in a case revolving around whether the derivative injury doctrine prohibits a civil claim against an employer when a person brings COVID-19 home from the workplace.
Judges heard oral arguments in Kuciemba v. Victory Woodworks on Tuesday. The high court agreed to hear the case after the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals asked it to determine whether California employers have a statutory duty to households of their employees to exercise ordinary care to p...
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