Wells v. Bailey

COMBS, Judge.

The Special Fund appeals from a Jefferson Circuit Court opinion and order reversing the Workers’ Compensation Board. The employer, Courier-Journal and Louisville Times Company, cross-appeals from that same order.

Appellee/cross-appellee, Donald Bailey, began working for the Courier-Journal as a pressman in July 1954. He reports repeated injuries to his back, the last on April 1, 1980. Bailey filed for workers’ compensation benefits on October 28, 1982.

On September 19, 1983, the Workers’ Compensation Board issued its opinion and award, finding that Bailey had sustained an…