Michael v. Cobos

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

The issue to be decided by this appeal is whether the agricultural exemption to the Workers’ Compensation Act in KRS 342.-650 and KRS 342.620 includes the conditioning and exercising of racehorses which have been released to the track, but have returned to the farm for rehabilitation from an injury. We hold that it does.

Louis Jose Cobos was employed as an “exercise boy” at Lann-Mark farm. His duties included riding the thoroughbreds around the practice track, as well as cleaning the tack room materials, shaking stalls, and cleaning the barns. On November 6, 1980,…