BAUTISTA v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

No. B226102.

201 Cal.App.4th 716 (2011)

133 Cal. Rptr. 3d 909

MARGARITA ALVAREZ BAUTISTA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

December 6, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Munger, Tolles & Olson, Bradley S. Phillips , Stuart N. Senator , Shoshana E. Bannett , Gabriel P. Sanchez ; Public Counsel Law Center, Catherine Lhamon , Maureen Carroll ; ACLU of Southern California, Mark D. Rosenbaum ; ACLU Foundation of San Diego and Imperial Counties and David Blair-Loy for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Clare Pastore and Megan Beaman for California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Vanessa L. Holton , Frank Nelson Adkins , Anthony Mischel , Sarah L. Cohen ; Amy Martin and William Nguyen for Defendants and Respondents State of California and Department of Industrial Relations.

David Beales for Defendant and Respondent California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board.


OPINION

ALDRICH, J.

California Constitution, article XIV, section 4 (article XIV, section 4) grants the Legislature plenary power to create a complete system of workers' compensation. As defined in the Constitution, the workers' compensation system includes a "full provision for securing safety in places of employment." Appellants are individual farmworkers1 and the United Farm Workers of America who have...

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