California Labor Code

§ 2803

LAB § 2803Div. 3 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

When death, whether instantaneously or otherwise, results from an injury to an employee caused by the want of ordinary or reasonable care of an employer or of any officer, agent, a servant of the employer, the personal representative of such employee shall have a right of action therefor against such employer, and may recover damages in respect thereof, for and on behalf of the surviving spouse, children, dependent parents, and dependent brothers and sisters, in order of precedence as stated, but no more than one action shall be brought for such recovery.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1171.