Court Opinion

ID: 9648342
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 14:15:11.154542+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:24:56.402054
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HOWERTON, Judge,
dissenting.
I must respectfully dissent. I would conclude from the facts in this case: (1) that the extraterritorial coverage provided for by the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Act does not apply to Earl Clark, d/b/a Modern Car Crushers; (2) that Clark is an indispensable party; (3) that this claim should be brought and satisfied in Tennessee, and (4) that the Kentucky Workers’ *712Compensation Board properly dismissed the claim. I would further conclude that any action by the Board must be reviewable by a Kentucky circuit court and that the Bell Circuit Court was a proper forum, but that it erred in requiring the Kentucky Treasurer and the Custodian of the Uninsured Employer’s Fund to pay the claim of James L. Wilson.
I would reverse the judgment of the Bell Circuit Court.