Legal Opinion
Matney v. Newberg
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided December 17, 1992No. 92-SC-777-WCPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION OF THE COURT
This case concerns whether the Court of Appeals correctly interpreted KRS 342.732 and KRS 342.730 as limiting a claimant who is 100% occupationally disabled due to coal workers’ pneumoconiosis and 20% occupationally disabled due to an injury to receiving benefits from the combined awards equal to 66⅜% of his average weekly wage, so long as that amount did not exceed the state average weekly wage.
Claimant injured his back on May 25, 1987, and was last exposed to the .hazards of pneumoconiosis on January 27, 1988. The Administrative Law Judge (AU) determined that…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Transport Motor Express, Inc. v. FinnKentucky Supreme Court · 1978
- Triangle Insulation & Sheet Metal Co. v. StratemeyerKentucky Supreme Court · 1990
- Estep Coal Company v. WardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1967
- Cabe v. SkeensCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1967
- Osborne Mining Corporation v. BlackburnCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1965
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Robinson v. SALVATION ARMY/GEORGIA CORP.Court of Appeals of Virginia · 1995
- McCoy Elkhorn Coal Corp. v. SullivanKentucky Supreme Court · 1993
- Arch of Kentucky, Inc. v. HalcombKentucky Supreme Court · 1996
- Lewis v. Ford Motor Co.Kentucky Supreme Court · 2012
- Siliphet v. IBP, Inc.Nebraska Court of Appeals · 1999
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