Is an employee entitled to workers' compensation benefits against their employer?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jensen v. Krauss, F067851 (Cal. App. 2015):
If an employee's injury "aris[es] out of and in the course of the employment" ( 3600, subd. (a)), and is "proximately caused by the employment, either with or without negligence," (id., subd. (a)(3)), the employee is confined to workers' compensation benefits against the employer. (D'Angona v. County of Los Angeles (1980) 27 Cal.3d
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