California Supreme Court applied “special risks test” to support, proposition that individuals not actually hired may be entitled to benefits if they suffered injury as result of performing “arduous and potentially hazardous tasks prescribed by the employer”
How later courts described this case
- California Supreme Court applied “special risks test” to support, proposition that individuals not actually hired may be entitled to benefits if they suffered injury as result of performing “arduous and potentially hazardous tasks prescribed by the employer”
- worker who was injured during “tryout” competition held covered where activity under the direction and control of employer subjects worker to risk
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
McCOMB, J.
I dissent. I would affirm the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board.