Tryer v. Ojai Valley School

Opinion

GILBERT, J.

We affirm the summary judgment granted respondent Ojai Valiey School (OVS) because its employee, Lorraine West (West), was on a personal break between work shifts when her pickup truck collided with the automobile of appellants’ decedent, George Tryer. (Peccolo v. City of Los Angeles (1937) 8 Cal.2d 532, 539 [66 P.2d 651]; Arboleda v. Workmen’s Comp. App. Bd. (1967) 253 Cal.App.2d 481, 483, 485-486 [61 Cal.Rptr. 505].)

Facts

The material facts are undisputed. OVS employed West part time to feed its horses twice a day at its two campuses during two work shifts. OVS paid West by…