PAULA WRIGHT, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BEVERLY FABRICS, INC. , Defendant and Appellant. PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL HISTORIES In late 1991, Beverly Fabrics, a retail store selling fabric, craft and gift items, hired Wright. Had Wright not been an employee of Beverly Fabrics, she would not have been allowed to provide any assistance. The court also denied Beverly Fabrics' request for jury instructions directed at whether Wright was acting in the course of her employment. Alternatively, Beverly Fabrics maintains the court failed to properly instruct the jury on whether Wright was acting in the course of her employment.

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