FACTS Nicole Land was a full-time student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly). Land paid tuition to attend the year-long class and earned two credits per quarter. In finding that Land was not an employee for purposes of the Act, the WCJ and WCAB majority relied on a case denied review by this court, Coburn v. Workers' Comp. Land was not working shoulder to shoulder with paid workers; the participants in the project were all students in the same position as Land. Decisions of the WCAB reported in California Compensation Cases are citable as authority but are not binding on this court.

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