Eck Miller Transportation Corp. v. Wagers

HUDDLESTON, Judge.

Eck Miller Transportation Corporation and Kentucky’s Special Fund appeal from the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board granting jurisdictional cognizance to Eck Miller employee Jerry Wagers’ workers’ compensation claim, reversing an Administrative Law Judge’s Opinion and Order. Because we believe the AU’s Opinion and Order were supported by substantial evidence, we reverse the Board’s decision.

Jerry Wagers was initially interviewed for a job as a tractor-trailer driver for Eck Miller by an independent freight agent working for Miller at an Owensboro, Kentucky…