California Court of Appeal

GUNNELL v. METROCOLOR LABS., INC., B135121

An employer's concealment of known unsafe working conditions and violation of environmental safety regulations remain within the compensation bargain underlying the Workers' Compensation Act and neither battery nor willful physical assault provides an exception to this rule.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/28/2001
• Published 09/28/2001

Judges

•  KITCHING, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Law Offices of Martina A. Silas and Martina A. Silas, Encino, for Plaintiffs and Appellants Ross C. Gunnell, James L. Walters and Ronald J. Cohen., Law Offices of Ned Good and Ned Good, Pasadena, for Plaintiff and Appellant Ross C. Gunnell.


• For Appellees:
  
• Horvitz & Levy, Frederic D. Cohen, Andrea M. Gauthier, Encino;  Stone & Hiles, Russell D. Hiles and David L. Schaffer, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents Metrocolor Laboratories Inc. and Time Warner Entertainment Company.