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S.G. BORELLO & SONS v. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL REL.

Docket No. S003956.

48 Cal.3d 341 (1989)

769 P.2d 399

256 Cal. Rptr. 543

S.G. BORELLO & SONS, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

March 23, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Marcus Max Gunkel, Karen K. Carey and Sims & Gunkel for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Dressler & Quesenbery, Antone S. Bulich, Jr., Nancy N. McDonough and Carl G. Borden as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

H. Thomas Cadell, Jr., and Frank C.S. Pederson for Defendant and Respondent.

T. Kirk McBride, Sue E. Manahl, Rucka, O'Boyle, Lombardo & McKenna, Joan M. Graff, Robert Barnes, William C. McNeill III, William G. Hoerger, Joel Diringer and Michael Blank as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

EAGLESON, J.

We ordered review to decide whether agricultural laborers engaged to harvest cucumbers under a written "sharefarmer" agreement are "independent contractors" exempt from workers' compensation coverage.1 Our answer has implications for the employer-employee relationship upon which other state social legislation depends.2

The grower claims the "sharefarmer...

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