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GLOSSARY

Dual Capacity Doctrine

A legal theory that allows an employee to sue their employer in civil court (outside workers' compensation) when the employer acts in a capacity other than as an employer, such as a product...

Source: Duprey v. Shane (1952) 39 Cal.2d 781

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