Harlan Appalachian Regional Hospital v. Taylor

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Once again we are confronted with the question of whether an injury sustained by an employee on the employer’s parking lot, while the employee is en route to work, is compensable under KRS Chapter 342. The Workmen’s Compensation Board concluded that Lucy Taylor, appellee herein, was not entitled to workmen’s compensation for injuries allegedly sustained by her when she fell in the parking lot of the Harlan Appalachian Regional Hospital, as she was leaving her car preparatory to going to work in the hospital building. The circuit court overturned the Board’s decision and…