Calif. 5th: No Liability for Injury on Public Road

In an opinion not certified for publication, the Fifth District of the California Court of Appeals ruled that an employer owes no duty of care to a pedestrian employee utilizing an adjacent public road. In Saran v. W.M. Bolthouse Farms, No. F047107, 04/18/2006, Baldev Saran was hit by a car and injured when he was crossing the street to get to work at Bolthouse Farms' (Bolthouse) property. Saran was on a public road at the time he was injured, and was crossing the street because Bolthouse's employee lot had insufficient space for his vehicle (it is not disputed that employees regularly parke...