Ray KINSMAN et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents,
v.
UNOCAL CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant.
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December 19, 2005.
December 19, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Horvitz & Levy, David M. Axelrad, Stephen E. Norris, Encino; Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins & McCall, Michael T. McCall, Robert M. Channell, Cyrian B. Tabuenaand Allan W. Ruggles, Orange, for Defendant and Appellant.
Charles H. Haake, Washington, DC; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Andrea E. Neuman, Irvine; Knott & Glazier, Steven E. Knott and Guy P. Glazier, Los Angeles, for Lockheed Martin Corporation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold and Frederick D. Baker, San Francisco, for American Chemistry Council as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Deborah J. La Fetra and Timothy Sandefur, Sacramento, for Pacific Legal Foundation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Marc J. Poster and Robert A. Olson, Los Angeles, for Farmers Insurance Exchange, Truck Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange and Mid-Century Insurance Company as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Graves & King, Patrick L. Graves, Harvey W. Wimer, Riverside, and Dennis J. Mahoney for Lennar Corporation as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Law Offices of Daniel U. Smith, Daniel U. Smith, Kentfield, Ted W. Pelletier; Wartnick, Chaber, Harowitz & Tigerman, The Wartnick Law Firm, Harvey F. Wartnick, Charles C. Kelly II, Steven M. Harowitz, Stephen M. Tigerman and Richard A. Brody, San Francisco, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
James C. Sturdevant, San Francisco; Sharon Arkin, Newport Beach; The Arns Law Firm, Morgan C. Smith, Jonathan E. Davis and Robert S. Arns, San Francisco, for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.
Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley, Mark G. Bonino and Elisa Nadeau, San Jose, for American International Companies as Amicus Curiae.
Supreme Court of California.
MORENO, J.
In a series of decisions over the last dozen or so years, this court has delineated the circumstances under which the employee of an independent contractor who is injured on the job may sue the hirer of that contractor. (Privette v. Superior Court (1993) 5 Cal.4th 689, 21 Cal.Rptr.2d 72, 854 P.2d 721 (Privette); Toland...
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