Heiman v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board

Opinion

CROSKEY, Acting P. J.

Petitioner, a professional property manager, hired an unlicensed and uninsured contractor to install rain gutters on a condominium building, and an employee of the contractor was seriously injured on the first day of the job. The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) concluded that petitioner was the employer liable for workers’ compensation. Petitioner contends that the WCAB erred because petitioner was instructed to hire the unlicensed contractor as the agent of the condominium homeowners association or the condominium owners, which were found not liable for…