Firefighter Can't Bring Tort Suit Against City, Transit Worker for Injuries at Emergency Scene

A California appellate court ruled that a San Francisco firefighter who suffered catastrophic injuries when a bus drove through an active emergency scene could not bring a civil suit against the city or a transit worker. The court said the exclusive remedy of workers' compensation that shields the city from civil liability also extends to the employee who was driving the bus. Matthew Vann worked as a firefighter for the San Francisco Fire Department. In November 2020, he responded to an emergency on Spear Street between Market Street and Mission Street in San Francisco. Louis Yu, a...