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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 789

Citation
Section 789
Parent Document
Hale v. Morgan, 584 P.2d 512 (1978)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1978-09-28

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Defendant's citation to certain workers' compensation cases is unpersuasive. They involve general statutory proscriptions against "willful misconduct" or "serious and willful misconduct," and we have required actual knowledge of the probable danger posed by a deliberate act or omission as a precondition to employer liability. (See Lab. Code, § 4553.1; Rogers Materials Co. v. Ind. Acc. Com. (1965) 63 Cal.2d 717, 721-723 [48 Cal. Rptr. 129, 408 P.2d 737]; Hatheway v. Industrial Acc. Com. (1939) 13 Cal.2d 377, 380-381 [90 P.2d 68].)