Pruitt v. Workmen's Compensation Appeals Board

Herein we review an order of respondent Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board denying petitioner relief under the workmen’s compensation provisions of the Labor Code for injuries suffered. Denial of relief was based upon the ground that at the time of the claimed injuries he was not an “employee” as that word is defined in Labor Code, section 3351. Nonemployee status was found upon the fact that petitioner was a jail inmate of the County of Nevada. When the claimed injury was received, however, he had been “loaned out” to Nevada City to work on. its sewerage plant. It was held this was not a…