FITZPATRICK v. CRESTFIELD FARM, INC.


582 S.W.2d 44 (1978)

Edward S. FITZPATRICK, Appellant, v. CRESTFIELD FARM, INC., Workmen's Compensation Board and James R. Yocom, Commissioner of Labor and Custodian of the Special Fund, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

July 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Cox, Cox & Cox, Lexington, for appellant.

W.R. Patterson, Jr., Landrum, Patterson & Dickey, Robert S. Walker, III, Brown, Sledd & McCann, Lexington, for appellee, Crestfield Farm, Inc.

Kenneth E. Hollis, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Labor, Frankfort, John Riehl, Jr., Asst. Counsel, Dept. of Labor, Louisville, for appellee, Special Fund.

William L. Huffman, Director, Workmen's Compensation Bd., Frankfort, for appellee, Kentucky Workmen's Compensation Board.

Before LESTER, VANCE and WILHOIT, JJ.


LESTER, Judge.

Appellant takes issue with a decision of the circuit court which reversed an award of the Workmen's Compensation Board.

In order to dispose of this appeal in an expeditious manner, we will briefly comment that appellant's third issue presented to us, namely, that the agriculture exclusion contained in the Workmen's Compensation Act is violative of the equal protection clauses of the state and federal...

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