Walker v. Department of Social Services

We concur in parts n and hi of Justice Archer’s opinion.

Cavanagh and Griffin, JJ., concurred with Boyle, J. Riley, C.J.

The question presented in this case is whether a chore-service provider to a welfare recipient is an employee of the Department of Social Services for purposes of workers’ disability compensation. We would hold that on the basis of the findings of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, the evidence is insufficient to establish that the dss was plaintiffs employer.

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In 1976, plaintiff learned through a mutual friend that Mrs. Willie L. Johnson, an invalid welfare recipient for…