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Case Name | SCIF v. WCAB (Meier) | |
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Date | 10/17/1985 | |
Note | LC 2750.5 in fact applies to work comp cases; Unlicensed contractor not estopped from asserting employment status. | |
Citation | 40 Cal.3d 5 | |
WCC Citation | WCC 3851985 CA |
Meier submitted a bid on a sheet from a Pacific Structural Concrete scratch pad for $9,493, and the bid was accepted. While working on the remodeling job, Meier fell from a scaffold sustaining a broken neck which rendered him a quadriplegic. 3 Applicability of Section 2750. 5 Three Court of Appeal cases have concluded that the penultimate paragraph of section 2750. 5 is applicable in workers' compensation cases. [1] We have concluded that section 2750. 5, including the penultimate paragraph, must be interpreted as applying to workers' compensation cases. In any event the documents are not helpful in determining the effect of the last two paragraphs of the section.
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