A California appellate court has ordered the publication of its opinion prohibiting a family from pursuing a tort action against an employer for a worker’s death.
The court’s decision in Jimenez v. Mrs. Gooch’s Natural Food Markets Inc. was originally released late last month as an unpublished opinion. Only published opinions are binding precedent in California.
Mrs. Gooch’s, the parent company of Whole Foods, asked that the court order publication of the decision, and the request was granted Tuesday.
The case arose out of Timoteo Alejandro Martinez Il...
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