Goldsmith v. Allied Building Components, Inc.

LAMBERT, Justice.

This Court granted discretionary review of an opinion of the Court of Appeals which affirmed the trial court’s summary judgment. CR 56. Despite its acknowledgement of an issue of fact, the court below applied the clearly erroneous standard of CR 52.01 and held that the personal injury claim of appellant, Terry D. Goldsmith, and the loss of consortium claim of his wife were barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers Compensation Act, KRS 342.690.

This case is confusing due to the similarity in the names of two corporations and a third intended corporate entity…