Coburn v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd

In Coburn v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (1989) 54 Cal. Comp. Cases 129, a student at Cal Poly was injured while in a class raising bees for honey production. Like Land, Coburn signed an "enterprise contract" providing that Cal Poly would advance expenses and any profit would be split among the students after Cal Poly had been reimbursed. The WCAB ruled that Coburn was not an employee under the Act because Coburn's activities as an apiary inspector were conducted for educational purposes only and that Cal Poly received no tangible benefit or consideration flowing from Coburn's activities. Moreover, since the enterprise contract was entered into strictly for the sharing of profits, Coburn could not be considered to be working for another.