Hoover v. American Income Life Insurance

Opinion

CODRINGTON, J.

I

INTRODUCTION

Martha Hoover, plaintiff and respondent, worked as a sales agent for about four months for American Income Life Insurance Company (AIL), defendant and appellant. ALL appeals from an order denying its petition to compel arbitration of Hoover’s civil action based on various Labor Code statutes. (Code Civ. Proc., § 1294, subd. (a).)

The underlying issue, which we do not resolve in this appeal, concerns whether Hoover was an employee of AIL or an independent contractor. She claims she was an employee, entitled to receive minimum wage, as well as reimbursement for…