3766 REVIEW GRANTED Evidence of CAL-OSHA violations can be used to establish negligence per se in an action against a defendant other than plaintiff's employer; in an action for injuries so severe that medical expenses amounted to $1.7 million and in which liability was not clear, a compromise offer of $25,000 made by defendant and rejected by plaintiff was not sufficiently reasonable to permit the award of enhanced costs if the defendant receives a more favorable judgment after trial.CitationGRADLE v DOPPELMAYR (OSHA Violations) 116 CA4 276 [See: LabC 6304.5; EvC 352, 669; CCP 998; Elsner v Uveges (RevGrtd) 106 CA4 73, T/AT 3/03]
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