Section 3601 Of Chapter 3. Conditions Of Compensation Liability From California Labor Code >> Division 4. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3.
3601
. (a) Where the conditions of compensation set forth in Section
3600 concur, the right to recover such compensation, pursuant to the
provisions of this division is, except as specifically provided in
this section, the exclusive remedy for injury or death of an employee
against any other employee of the employer acting within the scope
of his or her employment, except that an employee, or his or her
dependents in the event of his or her death, shall, in addition to
the right to compensation against the employer, have a right to bring
an action at law for damages against the other employee, as if this
division did not apply, in either of the following cases:
(1) When the injury or death is proximately caused by the willful
and unprovoked physical act of aggression of the other employee.
(2) When the injury or death is proximately caused by the
intoxication of the other employee.
(b) In no event, either by legal action or by agreement whether
entered into by the other employee or on his or her behalf, shall the
employer be held liable, directly or indirectly, for damages awarded
against, or for a liability incurred by the other employee under
paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a).
(c) No employee shall be held liable, directly or indirectly, to
his or her employer, for injury or death of a coemployee except where
the injured employee or his or her dependents obtain a recovery
under subdivision (a).