Drillon v. Industrial Accident Commission

Petitioner seeks an annulment of an award made against him by the Industrial Accident Commission in favor of Claude Hooper, a jockey suffering injuries while riding a horse for petitioner in a race at Del Mar, California. The respondent Commission found that Hooper was an employee, as against the defense that he was an independent contractor and accordingly made the award to Hooper including an increased indemnity as petitioner was found to be wilfully uninsured. Hooper was injured on August 22, 3 939, as the result of a fall'when the horse he was riding for petitioner stumbled.

Hooper was…