Rochell v. State

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• rejecting the dual capacity doctrine for alleged malpractice of a company nurse at a medical facility maintained by plaintiffs employer
• when employee had idiopathic medical condition and suffered injury as result of negligent medical care rendered by fellow employee, workers’ compensation claim was exclusive remedy
• when employee had idiopathic medical condition and suffered injury as result of negligent medical care rendered by fellow employee, workers' compensation claim was exclusive remedy
• negligence of full-time company nurse in treating compensable stroke suffered by employee at work; creation of exception to co-employee immunity rejected
• Workers’ Compensation Act exclusivity section precluded injured employee from bringing malpractice action against company nurse for negligent aggravation of work-related injury
• because the defendant was not an independent contractor but a fellow employee, Workers’ Compensation Act provided exclusive remedy for plaintiff

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).