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SHOEMAKER v. MYERS

Docket No. S001726.

52 Cal.3d 1 (1990)

801 P.2d 1054

276 Cal. Rptr. 303

JACK SHOEMAKER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BEVERLEE A. MYERS, as Director, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

December 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, Cathleen A. Williams, Rockne A. Lucia, Jr., and Gary M. Messing for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Joseph Posner, McGuinn, Hillsman & Palefsky, Cliff Palefsky, Gerritt Jan Buddingh', Elise S. Rose, Shawn R. Cloughesy, Siegel, Friedman & Yee, Eric Weaver, Joan M. Graff, William C. Quackenbush, John True and Christopher Ho as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Elisabeth C. Brandt, Joseph O. Egan and Eileen Ceranowski, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.

Musick, Peeler & Garrett, James E. Ludlam, Charles F. Forbes, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Alan G. Martin, Paul De Marco, Brenda S. Reid, O'Melveny & Myers, Stephen P. Pepe, Tom A. Jerman and Craig A. Horowitz as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

ARABIAN, J.

This case presents the question whether the exclusive remedy provisions of the workers' compensation law bar other civil claims for damages arising from wrongful employment termination, where the complaint includes allegations of physical disability resulting from the termination. We conclude that disabling injuries, whether physical or mental, arising from termination of employment are generally within the coverage...

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