COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO v. SANFAX CORP.

Docket No. 30651.

19 Cal.3d 862 (1977)

568 P.2d 363

140 Cal. Rptr. 638

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SANFAX CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

September 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert G. Berrey and Donald L. Clark, County Counsel, and Yves A. Hebert, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Robert G. Steiner, Eugene J. Silva, Michael J. Weaver and Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps for Defendants and Respondents.

Charles R. Ibold, Jr., Charles C. Ryan and Ibold, Anderson, Mercer & Gallagher as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

TOBRINER, Acting C.J.

Under Labor Code section 3852,1 an employer who pays workers compensation benefits to an employee may sue a third party in order to recover a sum equivalent to the benefits which the employer must provide the employee, if the third party, and not the employer, is responsible for the employee's injury. At least since our decision in Aetna Cas. etc. Co. v. Pacific...

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