Contracted Work Length Makes Comp Exclusive Remedy for Injured Skylight Installer

Workers’ compensation is the exclusive remedy for a man who was contracted to spend more than 52 hours on a residential skylight installation project but was injured before hitting the 52-hour mark, a California appellate court ruled. Labor Code Section 3351(d) makes work comp the exclusive remedy for those injured while working for the owner of a residential property, performing duties incidental to ownership and that are personal or not in the course or trade of the owner. Labor Code Section 3352(a)(8)(A), however, excludes from comp those whose employment within the 90 days pre...