MILLERSBURG MILITARY INSTITUTE v. Puckett

OPINION OF THE COURT

An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) awarded the claimant two years of permanent total disability benefits under KRS 342.730(1) and (4) and granted the employer credit for wages that it paid during the compensable period as well as for voluntary temporary total disability (TTD) benefits. The Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) affirmed. This appeal is taken from a decision of the Court of Appeals to reverse on the ground that Chapter 342 does not authorize a credit for bona fide wages and that there is no suggestion that the wages were anything but bona fide. We affirm.

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