BONNER v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

Docket No. A048111.

225 Cal.App.3d 1023 (1990)

275 Cal. Rptr. 337

KATHLEEN E. BONNER, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD and State Compensation Insurance Fund, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Five.

November 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Jones, Brown, Clifford & McDevitt and Yale I. Jones for Petitioner.

Krimen, Hershenson, Da Silva & Daneri and Louis Harris for Respondents.


OPINION

KING, J.

In this case involving the issue of the degree of the employer's negligence for purposes of determining a credit against an injured employee's recovery by settlement against a third party, we hold that the employer's statutory duty to maintain a safe workplace cannot be delegated to a third party so as to effectively insulate the employer from liability. Where the employer has knowledge of a dangerous condition in...

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