Thompson v. Travelers Indem. Co. of Rhode Island
N/AOUTCOME:
The sole issue for determination is whether Petitioner, Tommy Thompson ("Thompson"), a jockey, was as a matter of law an employee of a race track at the time he was injured immediately after a horse ra ... ce, prior to dismount. Thompson was injured when he was thrown from his mount at Manor Downs, a member track of the American Quarter Horse Association ("AQHA"). The trial court, sitting without a jury, denied Thompson's workers' compensation claim, holding that he was not an employee of Manor Downs.
