ANGELL v. PETERSON TRACTOR, INC.

Docket No. C013344.

21 Cal.App.4th 981 (1994)

26 Cal. Rptr.2d 541

LELAND ANGELL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PETERSON TRACTOR, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

January 12, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John Minoletti for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Hoyt, Miller & Angstadt and Eric P. Angstadt for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

NICHOLSON, J.

Is workers' compensation the exclusive remedy for an employee discriminatorily terminated based on a physical handicap arising from a work-related injury? We conclude it is because discrimination based on a work-related physical handicap is a risk explicitly included by the Legislature in the compensation bargain. (Lab. Code, § 132a; see also Gantt...

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