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| Grounds for suing employer narrows |
| By The Californian |
| Published: 08/07/2007 |
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SACRAMENTO, CA - California's Fourth Appellate District has concluded that employees cannot sue their employers for inappropriate workplace behavior from coworkers that leads to a workers' compensation injury. In Jones v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation the court ruled that workers' compensation is the exclusive remedy for injuries arising out of work. Therefore, related claims of assault, battery, emotional distress, negligent supervision and retention are to be heard in that forum. This substantially limits the monetary damages available to the employee. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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