Supervisor's Lending Employer Can't Be Held Vicariously Liable for Worker's Electrocution

A California appellate court ruled that an employer that loaned a supervisory employee to another company could not be held vicariously liable for the electrocution of an agricultural worker who was following the supervisor’s instructions to pick fruit from a tree near a live power line. Case: Diaz v. S&R Farm Labor Contractor, No. D073115, 05/23/2018, unpublished. Facts: S&R Farm Labor Contractor and Gold Grower are both farm labor contracting companies. In February 2010, Gold Grower asked S&R to borrow a supervisory employee because the local packing houses liked hav...