Gaines Gentry Thoroughbreds/Fayette Farms v. Mandujano

OPINION OF THE COURT

An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) determined that injuries the claimant sustained in an automobile accident while returning to Kentucky from yearling sales held at Saratoga Springs, New York came within the course and scope of his employment with the defendant, Gaines Gentry Thoroughbreds, LLC (Gaines Gentry). The Workers’ Compensation Board and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Appealing, Gaines Gentry argues that the ALJ erred by awarding benefits because the claimant’s injury is not work-related under the dual purpose, positional risk, or traveling employee doctrine.

We…