Court Publishes Decision That Privette Doctrine Bars Worker's Claim

The Court of Appeal for the 3rd District of California has ordered publication of its decision from earlier this month finding the Privette doctrine barred a worker from pursuing a tort claim against a property owner and its employee for his fall from a scaffold on the premises. The court’s decision in Miller v. Roseville Lodge No. 1293, No. C090751, was originally released as an unpublished opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in California. The Federal Insurance Co. and the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel separately filed requests for the court t...