Supreme Court of California

An employee of an independent contractor may not bring a negligent hiring action against the hirer of the contractor.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/05/2001
• Published 07/05/2001

Judges

• BROWN, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Law Offices of Federico Castelan Sayre, Federico Castelan Sayre and Timothy A. Black, Newport Beach, for Plaintiffs and Appellants., Ian Herzog, Santa Monica;  Bruce Broillet;  Thomas Stolpman, Long Beach;  Daniel U. Smith, Los Angeles;  William L. Veen, San Francisco;  Robert S. Arns, San Francisco;  Kevin Calcagnie, Newport Beach;  and Rebecca Quinn for Consumer Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Borton, Petrini & Conron, John F. Petrini and Michael J. Stump, Bakersfield, for Defendants and Respondents., Deborah J. La Fetra for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents., John P. Carpenter for the Association of General Contractors of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents., William J. Moran, Mission Hills, and Eileen F. Braunreiter, San Francisco, for Automobile Club of Southern California and California State Automobile Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents., Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold and Frederick D. Baker, San Francisco, for American Chemistry Council as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.,  Fred J. Hiestand, Sacramento, for the Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.