Court Finds Safety Consultants Can Owe Duty of Care to Employees

Safety consultants don’t need to fully assume the employer’s responsibility to provide a safe workplace in order to owe a duty of care to workers, California’s 5th District Court of Appeal ruled. The appellate court said in a decision released Monday that the Fresno County Superior Court erred in dismissing a wrongful death claim that Oscar and Laura Peredia filed against HR Mobile Services Inc. The Peredias said the company’s negligence caused the death of their son, Oscar Peredia Jr. Peredia, 19, was working at the Double Diamond dairy in September 2012 wh...