Vebr v. Culp’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Ordinarily, when an employee sustains a worksite injury, the exclusive remedy against his or her employer is provided by the workers' compensation law, and the employer is immune from a suit for damages. [Citations.] But if the employer has not secured workers' compensation coverage or its equivalent, an injured employee may bring a civil suit against his or her employer. [Citations.] If the employee establishes that he or she was injured in the course and scope of his or her employment, [a statute] creates a rebuttable presumption that an uninsured employer was negligent and the employer is precluded from claiming comparative fault or assumption of risk as a defense. [ 5 ] [Citation.] "When an employee of a contractor is injured, and the contractor is unlicensed and uninsured at the time of injury, the injured employee's recourse may be against not only the contractor, but also against the landowner who hired the contractor, as an additional employer. 'Among the legal consequences of hiring an unlicensed contractor who is injured or whose employee is injured performing the work is that different employment relationships may arise with respect to "employer" liability for workers' compensation or tort damages .' [Citation.] The injured employee may seek workers' compensation benefits from the landowner through a general liability policy or homeowners insurance policy." ( Vebr v. Culp (2015) 241 Cal.App.4th 1044 , 1051-1052, 194 Cal.Rptr.3d 459 , italics added ( Vebr ).)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. Sorenson

2. “liability for workers' compensation or tort damages .' [Citation.] The injured employee may seek workers' compensation benefits from the landowner through a general liability policy or homeowners insurance policy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. Sorenson