California’s top state court has ruled that employees can’t sue their employers when workers contract COVID-19 on the job and spread it to their household members, siding with business groups who won’t be held liable.
The seven-member California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled that allowing so-called “take home COVID” claims could encourage businesses to adopt precautions that slow the delivery of services to the public or to shut down completely during pandemics.
According to the couple’s complaint, Corby Kuciemba had filed the lawsuit, saying she became seriously ill in the hospital after her husband contracted COVID at his job with Victory Woodworks Inc in 2020 and passed it to her before COVID-19 vaccines were available….