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SEABRIGHT INS. CO. v. US AIRWAYS, INC.

No. S182508.

52 Cal.4th 590 (2011)

129 Cal. Rptr. 3d 601

258 P.3d 737

SEABRIGHT INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. US AIRWAYS, INC., Defendant and Respondent; ANTHONY VERDON LUJAN, Intervener and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

England Ponticello & St. Clair, Barry W. Ponticello , Renee C. St. Clair and Nadine D. Y. Adrian for Plaintiff and Appellant.

The Arms Law Firm, Robert S. Arns , Jonathan E. Davis and Steven R. Weinmann for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Hodson & Mullin, Samuel C. Mullin ; O'Mara & Padilla and Michael D. Padilla for Intervener and Appellant.

Dimalanta Clark , Lee W. Clark , Lisa A. Lenoci ; Kenney & Markowitz, Stephan E. Kyle , Kymberly E. Speer and Elizabeth D. Rhodes for Defendant and Respondent.

Archer Norris , Gary Watt ; and Nick Cammarota for The California Building Industry Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Horvitz & Levy, David M. Axelrad and Stephen E. Norris for Fillner Construction, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

Murphy, Pearson, Bradley & Feeney and William A. Munoz for Air Transport Association of America, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

KENNARD, J.—

Generally, when employees of independent contractors are injured in the workplace, they cannot sue the party that hired the contractor to do the work. (Privette v. Superior Court (1993) 5 Cal.4th 689 [21 Cal.Rptr.2d 72, 854 P.2d 721] (Privette...

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