Wright v. Fardo

I would agree with my brothers as to the method of computation of workmen’s compensation which they invoked in this appeal if I agreed that the “after hours handy man”, “the occasional employer” or merely the “odd job entrepreneur” was within the contemplation of the legislature when it enacted KRS 342.640(1) without an exclusion pertaining to the above type of worker. In Fields v. Twin City Drive-In, Ky., 534 S.W.2d 457 (1976), the Supreme Court summarily removed independent contractors from coverage under the Workmen’s Compensation Act and I would do the same with regard to an employee such…