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Did Machinist’s Fear of Electricity After Shock Prevent him from Returning to his Job?
Did Machinist’s Fear of Electricity After Shock Prevent him from Returning to his Job?

What Do You Think? Louisville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Kentucky, an employee may be entitled to a three-times multiplier of his permanent partial disability benefits if he can show he lacks the physical capacity to return […]
Did Deflated Seat Cause Fuel Truck Driver’s Degenerative Spine Condition?
Did Deflated Seat Cause Fuel Truck Driver’s Degenerative Spine Condition?

What Do You Think? Pikeville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- To obtain permanent total disability, an employee must show that the disability is causally connected to the workplace injury at issue. A case involving a truck driver […]
Ky. Top Court Upholds ALJ’s Psychological Impairment Conclusion
Ky. Top Court Upholds ALJ’s Psychological Impairment Conclusion

Case File A contingent MMI finding regarding a worker's psychological injury was a reasonable basis for an ALJ to set a 20% impairment rating despite other evidence showing a conflicting possibility. Simply Research subscribers have […]
What Do ‘Injury’ and ‘Occupational Disease’ Mean in Kentucky?
What Do ‘Injury’ and ‘Occupational Disease’ Mean in Kentucky?

Glossary Check Elizabethtown, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Let's say you find yourself in the Bluegrass State and someone needs to know, for workers' compensation purposes, what an injury is and what an occupational disease is. If […]
Was Churchill Downs Jockey an ‘Employee’ under Kentucky Law?
Was Churchill Downs Jockey an ‘Employee’ under Kentucky Law?

What Do You Think? Louisville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- From time to time at the News Desk, we find ourselves going down a long backstretch of workers' compensation research, and such was the case this week […]
WorkCompCollege.com Celebrates Milestone with Launch of 20th State Training Module: Kentucky
WorkCompCollege.com Celebrates Milestone with Launch of 20th State Training Module: Kentucky

Lakewood Ranch, FL — April 8, 2024 — WorkCompCollege.com, a premier online educational service provided by Workers' Compensation Educational Services, LLC, proudly announces the launch of its 20th State Training Module, focusing on the Kentucky's […]
What Do You Think: Was Conference Attendee Injured on Way to Souvenir Shop in Course & Scope of Employment?
What Do You Think: Was Conference Attendee Injured on Way to Souvenir Shop in Course & Scope of Employment?

Winchester, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A traveling employee generally can recover workers’ compensation benefits for injuries sustained at a hotel where her employer required her to stay. But what if she’s on her way out to […]
Compliance Corner: Ky. Maximum, Minimum Compensation Rates
Compliance Corner: Ky. Maximum, Minimum Compensation Rates

Louisville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Kentucky, the average weekly wage of the state is determined by the executive director as follows: + On or before September 1 of each year, the total wages reported by […]