Salvation Army v. Mathews

HUDDLESTON, Judge.

The Salvation Army d/b/a William Booth Hospital (now St. Luke Hospital), Kentucky’s Special Fund, and Administrative *752Law Judge Suzanne Shively appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board reversing Judge Shively’s order, and making workers’ compensation benefits available to Shelley L. Mathews, a student trainee injured at William Booth Hospital. Because Kentucky’s legislature has not provided workers’ compensation coverage for unremunerated student trainees, we reverse the Board’s decision, and remand for dismissal.

In January 1989, Mathews was a student…