Workers' Compensation
Listed below is McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A.'s workers' compensation case law database. The database dates back until 1971 and includes over 5500 workers' compensation court decisions.
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Roberson v. Nooter Corp.
459 So.2d 1156, (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Nov 28, 1984)
The state of California recognizes what is called the
"dual capacity" theory of recovery by an employee
against an employer in a civil action. Under this
theory an employee who is injured by a product
manufactured by the employer primarily for sale to the
general public may state a cause of action against the
employer in a civil court. The dual capacity theory is
based upon the manufacturers assuming a liability
toward its employee as it would assume toward the
general public who buys the product and for whom the
product is primarily manufactured. The court in this
case did not rule on the applicability of this
particular theory since the employer in this instance
did not manufacture the product primarily for sale to
the general public.
