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COUNTY OF KERN v. WORKERS' COMP. APPEALS BD.

No. F057718.

200 Cal.App.4th 509 (2011)

132 Cal. Rptr. 3d 621

COUNTY OF KERN, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD, ERIC PETERSEN, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

September 30, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theresa A. Goldner, County Counsel, Margo A. Raison, Chief Deputy County Counsel, and David T. Ungar, Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.

Eric Petersen, in pro. per., for Respondent.

Christopher Jagard for Respondent California Department of Industrial Relations.

Lewis, Marenstein, Wicke, Sherwin & Lee, Allison E. Barrett and Robert J. Sherwin for California State Firefighters' Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent Eric Petersen.

OPINION

THE COURT.*—

This court granted a petition for writ of review filed by the County of Kern (Kern) to inquire into and determine whether the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) erred in concluding a volunteer firefighter with a local nonprofit firefighting organization was a county employee for purposes of workers' compensation coverage within the meaning of Labor Code section 3361.

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