Commonwealth v. Russell

SPALDING, JUDGE:

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Corrections, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin Circuit Court reversing the Kentucky Board of Claims'1 denial of benefits to appellee Tommy Russell for injuries he sustained while cutting down a large tree. Because we are convinced that the circuit court correctly concluded that the Board erred in applying settled law to the facts of this case, we affirm.

While a state inmate at the Frankfort Career Development Center, appellee Russell participated in a work release program at the National Guard Boone Center Headquarters in…