Torts/Personal Injury,
Labor/Employment
Nov. 3, 2022
Tyson & Mendes beats $10M premises claim, praises opponents
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark E. Windham granted summary judgment accepting the defense’s reliance on Privette v. Superior Court, (Cal. Supreme Ct., 1993), which holds that “the employee of a contractor that is injured at work cannot sue the hirer or the contractor for his injuries. He’s limited to workers’ compensation as his recovery and compensation for his injuries.”
Tyson & Mendes LLP successfully sought summary judgment on behalf of a contractor who was sued by an employee of a subcontractor who fell on a work site.
“In this case our client, Hill Contractors, is a small business which is owned by people, and those people have an interest in what’s going on in this case as well, and we’re very pleased with the outcome,” defense attorney Derek A. Early said in a phone call on Wednesday.
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