Court Publishes Decision Finding Privette Doctrine Required Dismissal of Worker's Suit

A California appellate court has ordered publication of its decision from last month finding that the Privette doctrine entitled the defendants in a civil suit to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claim for injuries from a fall from a ladder inside a jet fuel tank. The decision from the 1st District Court of Appeal in Bowen v. Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company Inc. was originally released June 17 as an unpublished opinion. Only published opinions are binding precedent in California. The Association of Southern California Defense Counsel filed a request for the court to ord...