Dee Whitaker Concrete v. Austin Ellison

RENDERED: FEBRUARY 24, 2022 TO BE PUBLISHED Supreme Court of Kentucky 2021-SC-0070-WC DEE WHITAKER CONCRETE APPELLANT ON APPEAL FROM COURT OF APPEALS V. NO. 2020-CA-0639 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION NO. WC-17-66423 AUSTIN ELLISON; HONORABLE APPELLEES RICHARD E. NEAL, ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE; AND WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BOARD OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE HUGHES AFFIRMING Austin Ellison was employed by Dee Whitaker Concrete (Whitaker Concrete) as a general laborer. While leaving a jobsite and traveling back to the employer’s premises, Ellison was injured in an automobile accident. Whitaker Concrete…