Handy v. Kentucky State Highway Department

WADDILL, Commissioner.

The appeal is from a judgment confirming an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board dismissing appellant’s application seeking compensation benefits. The crucial question in the case is whether the injuries which appellant sustained arose out of and in the course of his employment with appellee.

Appellant was employed as a handy man by appellee, Department of Highways, and both he and his employer were operating under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, KRS 342.001 et seq. Appellant resided at Wellington in Menifee County, which is approximately 60 miles…