Thompson v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of Rhode Island

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice.

The sole issue for our determination is whether Petitioner, Tommy Thompson (“Thompson”), a jockey, was as a matter of law an employee of a race track at the time he was injured immediately after a horse race, prior to dismount. Thompson was injured when he was thrown from his mount at Manor Downs, a member track of the American Quarter Horse Association (“AQHA”). The trial court, sitting without a jury, denied Thompson’s workers’ compensation claim, holding that he was not an employee of Manor Downs. The court of appeals affirmed in an opinion, 777 S.W.2d 722,…