California § 2803. 2803. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1171.)

California Statutes

§ 2803. — 2803. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1171.)

California § 2803.

JurisdictionCalifornia

Code LABLabor Code - LAB

Div. 3.DIVISION 3. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS

Ch. 2.CHAPTER 2. Employer and Employee

Art. 2.ARTICLE 2. Obligations of Employer

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Cal. Labor Code - LAB Code § 2803. (2026).

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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.

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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.