The Workers' Compensation Act generally precludes an industrially injured employee from maintaining an action for damages against his employer or the employer's insurer; the employee's exclusive remedy is his right to workers' compensation benefits under the jurisdiction of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. (Former Lab. Code, § 3601, now § 3602;
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