Meredith v. Jefferson County Property Valuation Administrator

OPINION OF THE COURT

This workers’ compensation appeal concerns whether an injury which was sustained by a field representative of the Kentucky Revenue Cabinet while in a restaurant, waiting for a business appointment to begin, was compensable.

Claimant was employed by the Jefferson County Property Valuation Administrator’s (PVA’s) office and served as a field representative for the Kentucky Revenue Cabinet. His primary duties were to travel to various local banks, to inventory the contents of safe deposit boxes in conjunction with the administration of estates, and to release assets held by…