Henry Vogt Machine Co. v. Scruggs

McDonald, Judge.

This is a workers’ compensation appeal and is before the Court on motion of appellant for leave to file a supersedeas bond. KRS 342.300 provides that, on appeal to the Court of Appeals, a supersedeas bond may be filed to stay payment of benefits previously awarded to the claimant under the same statute. Unfortunately, the statute is silent as to where the supersede-as bond is to be filed. Comparison of the present statute to its immediate predecessor, and consideration of this problem from a practical standpoint, lead us to the inevitable conclusion that the proper forum for…