Worker, Spouse Ask Calif. High Court To Find COVID-19 Exposure Case May Proceed

Mealey's (July 26, 2022, 11:44 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — California’s derivative injury doctrine does not bar a claim for COVID-19 exposure against an employer brought by an employee’s spouse, a worker and his wife argue in their petitioner brief filed July 22 in the California Supreme Court after the high court granted review of questions certified by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals concerning an employee’s exposure to COVID-19 at work and an employer’s responsibilities....