Roseanne HOOKER, Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Defendant and Respondent.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
January 31, 2002.
Rehearing Denied March 27, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Paul & Janofsky, Gary M. Paul, John S. Janofsky, Santa Monica; Lewis, Goldberg & Ball, Michael L. Goldberg, McLean, Va, and Michael D. Hutchinson, for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Ian Herzog, Santa Monica; William L. Veen; James C. Sturdevant, San Francisco; Brian C. Unitt, Riverside; Dennis M. Elber, Long Beach; David A. Rosen, Los Angeles; The Arns Law Firm, Morgan C. Smith and Robert S. Arns, San Francisco, for the Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
Neumeyer & Boyd, Carol Boyd, Katherine A. Tatikian, Los Angeles; Seifert, Henderson & Farricker and Edward Wm. Farricker, Pasadena, for Defendant and Respondent.
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold and Frederick D. Baker, San Francisco, for the American Chemistry Council as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.
John P. Carpenter, Salt Lake City, UT, for Associated General Contractors of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.
Fred J. Hiestand, Sacramento, for the Civil Justice Association of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.
Radoslovich Law Office, Frank M. Radoslovich and Brad J. Stephens, for Production Framing Systems, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.
Supreme Court of California.
BROWN, J.
This is the latest in a series of cases in which we have considered whether an employee of an independent contractor may sue the hirer of the contractor under tort theories covered in chapter 15 of the Restatement Second of Torts (hereafter Restatement).1 In Privette v. Superior Court (1993) 5 Cal.4th 689, 21 Cal.Rptr.2d 72,
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