SACRAMENTO, June 23 — California's top state court has agreed to decide whether employers can be held liable under state law when their workers contract Covid-19 on the job and spread it to their relatives.
Kuciemba in a 2020 lawsuit accused Victory of negligence and creating a"public nuisance" by failing to adopt safety policies to stop the spread of Covid. She is appealing a ruling by a federal judge in San Francisco that said her claims were covered by workers' compensation and she could not sue Victory in court.
Companies including Amazon.com Inc, Walmart Inc, McDonald's Corp, and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd have faced similar lawsuits.In April, the 9th Circuit asked the California Supreme Court to take the case, saying the state court should decide whether state workers' compensation law covers the Covid infections of workers' relatives and whether employers have a general legal duty to prevent the spread of Covid.
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