Workers’ Compensation
Ca. Workers' Comp. Quarterly Vol. 37, No. 1, 2024
Content
- Compliance Managers of Workers'Compensation Claims Administrators Avoid the Radar of the DWC Audit and Enforcement Unit: Here Is Why
- Disability Accommodations at the DWC and WCAB
- In This Issue
- Labor Code Section 5500.5 and Latency: A Legal Perspective
- Long COVID and Work: An Update
- Note from the Editors
- Nunes I and II: A Revised Paradigm for the Use of Medical and Vocational Evidence to Determine PD and Apportionment
- The Concept of Latency for Medical Legal Reporting
- Workers' Compensation Section 2023-2024 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ROSTER
- "Take Home COVID" Cases: Where Are We Now?
"Take Home COVID" Cases: Where Are We Now?
TOM RICHARD, ESQ.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
In the ever-evolving landscape of California law, a pivotal question has arisen in the last few years regarding the COVID pandemic: If your spouse or family member comes home from work sick with COVID, and then you develop the illness, can you sue your spouse’s employer for that illness allegedly brought home from work?
This article delves into the recent developments from the California Supreme Court’s "take home COVID" cases and explores the delicate balance between the exclusive remedy rule and the duty of care.