Legal Opinion
Blew v. Horner
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 17, 1986No. A028549PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SCOTT, J.
Plaintiff Monte Blew brought a personal injury action against defendant Earl Horner, individually and doing business as Horner’s Construction Company. The trial court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment, on the grounds that when plaintiff was injured, he was defendant’s employee as a matter of law pursuant to Labor Code section 2750.5 1 and that the dual capacity doctrine was inapplicable; thus workers’ compensation was plaintiff’s exclusive remedy against defendant. We affirm. 2
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Plaintiff’s complaint alleged that in 1981, he was employed as a roofer by Daniel…
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3Cited by28 opinions
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