Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Commission v. Hamilton

Opinion of the Court by

Justice VENTERS.

The sole issue before this Court is whether the Kentucky Unemployment Insurance Commission correctly interpreted and applied KRS 341.090, which designates *451the time period for determining the wages to be used to calculate the unemployment benefits for a claimant who has suffered a job-related injury.

On April 1, 2005, David Hamilton was injured during the course of his employment as a delivery person at G & J Pepsi Cola Bottlers. Due to the injury, Hamilton has never returned to work. He received workers’ compensation benefits effective April 2, 2005, and…