Comp Is Exclusive Remedy for Worker Killed During Unpaid Meal Break

Workers' compensation is the exclusive remedy for the family and estate of a worker who was murdered during an unpaid lunch break in his employer's parking lot, a California appeals court ruled. Kevin Wrenne, 29, worked at a Taco Bell in downtown Redding. He was stabbed five times in the neck and chest in an unprovoked attack while taking his lunch break on March 28, 2022. "The exclusive remedy provisions of the WCA apply here because Wrenne's injuries arose out of and occurred in the course of his employment with Taco Bell," the 3rd District Court of Appeal said in an ...