Labor/Employment
Mar. 22, 2001
Animus Assessment
In Vacanti v. State Comp. Ins. Fund, 24 Cal.4th 800, 102 Cal.Rptr.2d 562 (2001), the California Supreme Court recently suggested that the typical "piggyback" emotional-distress claims in employment cases are barred by the exclusive-remedies doctrine of the workers' compensation act. While that conclusion does not leap off the pages of the Vacanti decision, the death of piggyback emotional-distress claims is the inevitable result of the court's analysis.
In Vacanti v. State Comp. Ins. Fund, 24 Cal.4th 800, 102 Cal.Rptr.2d 562 (2001), the California Supreme Court recently suggested that the typical "piggyback" emotional-distress claims in employment cases are barred by the exclusive-remedies doctrine of the workers' compe...
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