A Fetus Is Not an Employee, Say CA Supremes

By: Cal-OSHA

SAN DIEGO - In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court has upheld an appellate court holding that a child injured in utero could sue the mother's employer for civil (tort) damages. The child, Mikayla Snyder, was born with cerebral palsy and other disabling conditions.Her mother Naomi was two months pregnant when her retail store employer "negligently allowed a janitorial contractor to operate a propane-powered floor-buffing machine in the store without adequate ventilation... Several cu

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