Labor/Employment,
California Supreme Court
Sep. 2, 2016
Just how far does an employer's duty of care extend?
Should the tort duty of care owed by an employer extend beyond the employee -- such as to an employee's nephew or frequent house guest? That's the important question involved in two consolidated asbestos cases before the California Supreme Court.
Kirk C. Jenkins
Partner
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
Email: KJenkins@lewisroca.com
Harvard Law School
Kirk is a certified specialist in appellate law.
How far should the tort duty of care owed by an employer extend beyond the employee? To the employee's spouse? What about frequent guests in the employee's home? Even further?
That's the important question involved in two consolidated cases in which the California Supreme Court will hear oral argument on the morning of Sept. 7, Haver v. BNSF Railway Co. and Kesner v. Superior Court. Which side prevails in Haver and Kesner could determine whether Ca...
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