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LAENG v. WORKMEN'S COMP. APPEALS BD.

Docket No. L.A. 29942.

6 Cal.3d 771 (1972)

494 P.2d 1

100 Cal. Rptr. 377

JOHN L. LAENG, Petitioner, v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, CITY OF COVINA et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 6, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Donine, Donine & Cuthbert and Marvin D. Donine for Petitioner.

Rupert A. Pedrin, Stanley S. Feinstein, T. Groezinger, James J. Vonk and W.R. Lowndes for Respondents.

John D. Maharg, County Counsel, Mary Carol Scherb, Deputy County Counsel, and Milton J. Litvin as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

While participating in the "obstacle course" phase of a physical agility test conducted by the City of Covina as part of a "tryout" competition for the position of "refuse crew worker," petitioner John Laeng fell from a raised, horizontal telephone pole and severely fractured his right foot. Laeng sought compensation for his injuries under the Workmen's Compensation Act...

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