PURCHASE TRANSP. SERV. v. ESTATE OF WILSON

No. 2000-SC-0509-WC.

39 S.W.3d 816 (2001)

PURCHASE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, d/b/a Radio Cab Company, Appellant, v. ESTATE OF Sharon WILSON, Deceased; Trish Wilson, Administrator; Uninsured Employers' Fund; Denis S. Kline, Acting Arbitrator; Roger D. Riggs, Administrative Law Judge; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 22, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert D. Liebman, Frankfort, Ben J. Lookofsky, Mayfield, Counsel for Appellant.

Jeffrey Roberts, Murray, Counsel for Appellee Estate of Sharon Wilson.

Appellee Trish Wilson, Administrator: Not Represented by Counsel.

David K. Martin, Assistant Attorney General, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellee Uninsured Employers' Fund.


OPINION OF THE COURT

This workers' compensation appeal concerns whether there was substantial evidence to support a finding that the deceased worker was working as an employee rather than as an independent contractor at the time she was murdered.

In July, 1996, Sharon Wilson entered into an agreement with Purchase Transportation Services d/b/a Radio Cab Company (Radio Cab) to lease a cab for the purpose of providing...

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