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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 […]
One Worker Dead, Another Trapped After Ky. Coal Plant Collapse
One Worker Dead, Another Trapped After Ky. Coal Plant Collapse

Martin County, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Officials in eastern Kentucky have confirmed that one of two workers trapped inside a coal preparation plant when it collapsed has died.   Rescue workers are still working to get to […]
Miners Facing Dangerous Resurgence of Black Lung Disease  
Miners Facing Dangerous Resurgence of Black Lung Disease  

Frankfort, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Throughout the coal belt in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia, “there’s an unacceptably large number of younger miners who have end-stage black lung disease and the only choice is to get […]