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  2. California Tort Claims Act - Wikipedia

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    The act provides immunity to the State of California and its related entities from being sued. The law immunizes public employees from liability for “instituting or prosecuting any judicial or administrative proceeding” within the scope of their employment, “even if” the employees act “maliciously and without probable cause.” (Cal. Gov. Code, § 821.6)

  3. Negligence in employment - Wikipedia

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    Second, an employer can be found liable for negligent hiring even without provision of any dangerous instrument to the employee. However, where an employer hires an unqualified person to engage in the use of a dangerous instrumentality, as in the above example with the bus driver, the employer may be liable for both negligent entrustment and ...

  4. California Department of Fair Employment and Housing v ...

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    Parents of a former Activision Blizzard employee, Kerri Moynihan, a 32-year-old finance manager, who had committed suicide in 2017 during a corporate retreat, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company in March 2022 in Los Angeles Superior Court. The family's claims that Greg Restituito (their daughter's boss) "initially lied to ...

  5. California lawmakers approve changes to law allowing workers ...

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    The California Legislature approved bills Thursday that would amend a 20-year-old law allowing workers to sue their bosses over labor violations and require employers found liable to pay a fine to ...

  6. Vicarious liability - Wikipedia

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    Vicarious liability is a form of a strict, secondary liability that arises under the common law doctrine of agency, respondeat superior, the responsibility of the superior for the acts of their subordinate or, in a broader sense, the responsibility of any third party that had the "right, ability, or duty to control" the activities of a violator.

  7. Former California State Parks employee awarded $2.3 million ...

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    A jury awarded a former California State Parks employee nearly $2.3 million after a trial laid ... In the verdict, all claims were supported — known formally as causes of action — except one ...

  8. California Assembly Bill 5 (2019) - Wikipedia

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    The California Attorney General's office and local prosecutors can also sue companies. [ 21 ] Proponents of the bill said it would give workers previously classified as contractors minimum wage, overtime, sick leave, unemployment and other benefits, and prevent the state from losing $8 billion from unpaid payroll taxes.

  9. California Supreme Court upholds Uber workers' right to sue

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    California's Private Attorneys General Act, or PAGA, allows workers to sue on the state’s behalf for labor law violations, and Uber's argument, if recognized by the court, would have limited its ...