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In Musgrove v. Silver, a Hollywood producer's executive assistant drowned in the lagoon outside her overwater bungalow. The drowning was accidental and related to ingestion of alcohol and cocaine. The Court of Appeal affirmed the dismissal and held Silver was not liable.

As part of an entourage of family and friends, a Hollywood producer (Joel Silver) brought his executive assistant (who was employed through Silver's company) as well as a French...

The COVID-19 pandemic and post-pandemic era saw an increase in the number of employees working from home. For employers, this raises questions of liability for injuries that occur while...

Colonial Van & Storage, Inc. v. Superior Court, California appeals court answered an employer’s duty to ensure workplace safety does not extend to ensuring that an off-site meeting place, including an employee’s home, is safe from third party criminal harm.

California law requires employers to furnish a “safe and healthful” workplace to employees. Now that the line between “workplace” and “home” has been blurred for so many workers in the...

Colonial Van & Storage, Inc. v. Superior Court considered whether an employer’s duty extends to ensuring that an off-site meeting place for coworkers and business associates like an employee’s private residence is safe from third party criminal harm.

California law generally requires employers to provide employees with a safe place to work. What, if anything, does this obligation entail when an employee works at home or another...

A California employer has a statutory duty to provide its employees with a safe and healthful workplace. The duty to provide a safe workplace also includes the duty to take reasonable steps to prevent workplace violence. A look at Colonial Van & Storage, Inc. v. Superior Court.

LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Two women who were shot at a colleague’s home by her mentally incapacitated son can’t sue her employer, a California appeals court ruled, rejecting plaintiff arguments the company had a duty to provide a safe working environment or should have prohibited employees from working at home.