Gray v. Trimmaster

OPINION OF THE COURT

In defining the term “injury,” KRS 342.0011(1) requires that a work-related harmful change in the human organism must be “evidenced by objective medical findings.” Despite acknowledging that the employer failed to file a timely Form 111, the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) dismissed the claimant’s application for benefits after determining that there were no objective medical findings of a harmful change in the human organism and, therefore, no compensable injury. Gibbs v. Premier Scale Company/Indiana Scale Company, 50 S.W.3d 754 (Ky.2001). Although the claimant maintained…