California · Labor Code

LAB §2866: Where service is to be rendered by two or more persons jointly, and one of them dies, the survivor shall act alone, if the service to be rendered is such as he can rightly perform without the aid of t

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When two or more people are jointly required to perform a service and one dies, the surviving person may complete the service alone if they are legally able to do so.

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Where service is to be rendered by two or more persons jointly, and one of them dies, the survivor shall act alone, if the service to be rendered is such as he can rightly perform without the aid of the deceased person, but not otherwise.

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