Worker alleges failure to remedy dangerous condition on public property adjacent to workplace
Recovery under the Workers’ Compensation Act of California is the exclusive remedy against an employer for an employee’s injury or death only if the case meets certain conditions for compensation, the California Court of Appeal stressed in a recent case.
The case of Greenwood v. City of Los Angeles arose from a plaintiff’s complaint. She became a deputy city attorney in 1996 and worked in an office in a building in the City Hall East area of Los Angeles.
Starting in September 2018, there was a typhus epidemic in downtown Los Angeles, with an area close to City Hall East being designated as the “typhus zone,” the plaintiff said. In that area, there was an accumulation of trash and other items that caused and contributed to the outbreak, the plaintiff added.
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In November 2018, the plaintiff contracted typhus. She claimed that she might have been exposed to typhus in a parking area or mall close to City Hall East. She experienced symptoms such as a stiff neck, high fever, severe headache, and dizziness, for which she took multiple medications. She kept suffering from dizziness, vertigo, and disequilibrium for several months afterward.
In December 2018, the plaintiff allegedly learned that the city had no plans to fumigate the City Hall East building or to take other actions to deal with the typhus outbreak. She...
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