Court: No Duty for Employers to Prevent the Spread of COVID Beyond Employees

Although workers’ compensation exclusivity would not prohibit a spouse from pursuing a negligence claim against an employer if a worker contracts COVID-19 in the workplace and brings it home, California’s Supreme Court on Thursday said employers have no duty of care to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to other members of its employees’ households. “Although it is foreseeable that an employer’s negligence in permitting workplace spread of COVID-19 will cause members of employees’ households to contract the disease, recognizing a duty of care to nonemployees in...