California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sunline Transit Agency v. Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1277, 116 Cal.Rptr.3d 839, 189 Cal.App.4th 292, 189 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2730, 75 Cal. Comp. Cases 1155 (Cal. App. 2010):
The exclusivity rule does not apply when the employer's conduct falls outside the scope of compensation bargain. ( Fermino, supra, 7 Cal.4th at pp. 706-707, 30 Cal.Rptr.2d 18, 872 P.2d 559; Shoemaker v. Myers, supra, 52 Cal.3d at pp. 15-16, 276 Cal.Rptr. 303, 801 P.2d 1054.) The exclusivity rule only applies when there is a personal physical injury or death. ( Charles J. Vacanti, M.D., Inc. v. State Comp. Ins. Fund (2001) 24 Cal.4th 800, 813, 102 Cal.Rptr.2d 562, 14 P.3d 234 ( Vacanti ).)
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