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Employer Not Liable for Injuries Caused by Tired Employee on Drive Home

May 2, 2022

Via: SHRM
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When a security guard who fell asleep while driving home from an overnight shift crossed into oncoming traffic and struck another vehicle, her employer could not be held liable for the resulting injuries, a California appeals court ruled.

The guard was not acting within the course and scope of her employment at the time of the accident and the accident was not a foreseeable consequence of the guard’s employment, the court said.

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