Mealey's (August 24, 2022, 10:22 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Claims for injuries to nonemployees linked to injuries to workers, such as those for COVID-19 exposure against an employer brought by an employee’s spouse, are subject to the workers’ compensation exclusive remedy under California Labor Code, and employers owe no duty to employees’ households to prevent such exposure, an employer argues in its answering brief filed Aug. 22 in the California Supreme Court in a case in which questions were certified to the high court by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....