Legal Opinion
Antelope Valley Press v. Poizner
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 30, 2008No. B198139PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSKEY, J.
This case poses the specific question whether, for purposes of workers’ compensation insurance, persons who make deliveries of newspapers for the newspaper publisher Antelope Valley Press (AVP) are independent contractors or employees. The question arises not under a claim for workers’ compensation benefits by one of the newspaper carriers (carriers), but rather with respect to the insurance premium that AVP was assessed for its workers’ compensation coverage.
California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund) classified the carriers as employees for purposes of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- JKH Enterprises, Inc. v. Department of Industrial RelationsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2006
- Interstate Brands v. Unemployment Insurance Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
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