Worker Loses Suit Against Employer for Lack of Safety Guard

An injured worker failed to prove that his employer removed or failed to install a safety guard on the machine that injured him, an appellate court ruled.The 4th District Court of Appeal affirmed the dismissal of Elias Nunez's suit, which alleged a violation of Labor Code Section 4558, negligence and products liability violations. The code in question allows injured workers to sue their employers outside of the workers' compensation arena if the employer has failed to install or removed necessary "point of operation guards" from machinery. The unpublished decision is Nunez v. Steel For...