Catherine Lyons v. Chittenden Central Supervisory Union

¶ 56. In this case, the plurality rewards Chittenden Central Supervisory Union for its largess in affording a student teacher, Catherine Lyons, the opportunity to gain classroom educational experience by holding that she was an employee of CCSU, thereby making CCSU responsible to provide her workers' compensation benefits. The plurality holds that claimant was CCSU's employee because she received remuneration from the school as a student teacher. I disagree for several reasons.

¶ 57. First, I do not believe an employer-employee relationship exists in the absence of the "employee" receiving any…