Legal Opinion
Whittaker v. Rowland
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided August 26, 1999No. 99-SC-0003-WC, 99-SC-0153-WCPublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
This workers’ compensation appeal concerns whether there was substantial evidence at reopening to support increasing a settled award to one for total disability. It also concerns the proper method for crediting payments made pursuant to the settlement.
Claimant was a 68-year-old maintenance worker with an eighth grade education. He fell and injured his back at work in February, 1987. He underwent back surgery by Dr. Kavolus in November, 1989, after which he returned to work for approximately ten months up until December, 1990. On July 24, 1991, he filed a workers’…
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