OH 12th: Employment Found for Farm Hand

The Twelfth District of the Ohio Court of Appeals found that a farm hand was an employee, invoking the employee exclusion provisions of the employer's personal liability insurance policy.In Mendoza v. Bishop, No. CA2004-04-080, 01/24/2005, Mendoza, an illegal alien hired as a farmhand by Lawrence Bishop, was severely injured during the course of his employment. Bishop owned LB Ranch (a horse farm) and he and his wife also served as pastors of Solid Rock Ministries, International. Mendoza worked on the ranch for six years, initially hired for $250/week (which was increased to $300/week after ...