Legal Opinion
City of Louisville v. Slack
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided March 22, 2001No. 1999-SC-0580-WCPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSTONE, Justice.
This workers’ compensation appeal concerns the constitutionality of the 1996 amendment to KRS 342.320(2)(e), requiring an employer or its carrier to pay up to $5,000.00 of an injured worker’s attorney fees if the employer appeals an award by an arbitrator or Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) and does not prevail. We hold that the statute is unconstitutional and reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals.
Claimant, Larry Slack, was injured in August 1996, while employed as a park maintenance worker for the City of Louisville, and filed a workers’ compensation claim in May…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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