Legal Opinion
Mayse v. Martin
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided December 13, 1968PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CULLEN, Commissioner.
Milford Mayse, while undertaking to repair a roof on a bathroom addition to a dwelling owned by Lucille Martin, fell *72from the roof and was injured. He sued Mrs. Martin for damages, alleging that she had failed to provide a safe place for his work and that she was an employer “affected by” the Workmen’s Compensation Act who had not elected to operate under the Act wherefore, under KRS 342.410, she could not avail herself of the defense of contributory negligence. The circuit court held a pre-trial hearing on the workmen’s compensation question and thereupon entered an…
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