A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of a family’s claims against a property owner and the parent company of a fatally injured worker’s employer for his death in an accident at a recycling facility.
Case: Corona v. Pacific Coast Building Products Inc., No. C085128, 06/22/2021, unpublished.
Facts: Carlos Corona worked for Basalite Concrete Products LLC, a recycling business.
As he was cleaning the conveyor belt that moves bales of plastic bottles, Corona slipped and fell. He was drawn into the machine and killed.
Procedural history: After Corona’s death, ...
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