Cedillo v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

TURNER, P. J.

I. Introduction

Jaime Rodriguez was injured on July 10, 1995, while working on the roof of the home of Raul Reyes. Felipe Lauro Cedillo, an illegally unlicensed and uninsured roofing contractor, doing business as Better Roofing, filed a petition seeking review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (the board) in favor of Mr. Rodriguez. The board held that Mr. Reyes, the homeowner, was not the employer of Mr. Rodriguez. Rather, the board concluded that Mr. Cedillo, the roofing contractor, was the employer of Mr. Rodriguez. The board directed the Director…