Out-of-State Resident Gets Benefits for Motorcycle Accident en Route to Dinner

The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a traveling worker was entitled to benefits for his injuries from a motorcycle accident that happened while he was headed to a restaurant for dinner. Case: Lee v. W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Co., No. 2023-CA-0695-WC, 10/27/2023, published. Facts: Joseph Lee is a permanent legal resident of Louisiana and works in the construction trade. Yates & Sons Construction Co. is based in Mississippi and accepts jobs all over the country. Yates hired Lee as a general foreman for an environmental job upgrading the ash system at the Eastern Kentucky Coo...