Labor/Employment
May 18, 2020
My employer failed to protect me from COVID-19, can I sue?
Our firm has begun receiving calls asking this question. I regret to inform workers that, as long as the employer had workers’ compensation insurance, we cannot file a civil lawsuit against the employer, but that the worker can file a workers’ compensation claim.
Raphael Metzger
Principal
Metzger Law Group
Phone: (562) 437-4499
Email: rmetzger@toxictorts.com
Raphael Metzger is the principal of the Metzger Law Group, a boutique toxic tort litigation firm in Long Beach that represents about 250 immigrant fabricators who suffer from silicosis. Metzger filed the first such case and has led the litigation since its inception. His firm has also filed a class action on behalf of all workers exposed to engineered stone dust in California to obtain medical monitoring to detect silicosis and other lethal diseases that are caused by engineered stone.
I got COVID-19 because my employer failed to protect me; can I sue my employer for causing my illness?
Our firm has begun receiving calls asking this question. I regret to inform workers that, as long as the employer had workers' compensation insurance, we cannot file a civil lawsuit against the employer, but that ...
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