CLAXTON v. WATERS

No. S106106.

18 Cal.Rptr.3d 246 (2004)

34 Cal.4th 367

96 P.3d 496

Carolyn CLAXTON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Ray WATERS et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

As Modified September 15, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Joseph R. Zamora and Joseph R. Zamora, Santa Monica, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, David A. Cathcart, Paul DeCamp, Washington, DC, Michele L. Maryottt, Irvine and Jeffrey F. Webb, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents.


KENNARD, J.

In executing the standard preprinted form used to settle workers' compensation claims, does an injured worker also release causes of action that are not exclusively subject to the workers' compensation law or are not within the scope of that law? The answer is "no." Those causes of action, however, may be the subject of a separate settlement and release.

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