Island Creek Coal Co. v. Davis

MILLER, Judge.

This appeal arises from an order of the Union Circuit Court upholding an award of the Workers’ Compensation Board of Kentucky (Board). KRS Chapter 342. The appeal by the employer, Island Creek Coal Company (Island Creek), questions the apportionment upon the appellee, Carol M. Palmore, Secretary of the Labor Cabinet (Special Fund).

The facts are these: Island Creek’s employee, James W. Davis, suffered an occupational injury on March 2, 1982. He became disabled from an occupational disease on June 8,1983. By order of the Board, on June 30, 1986, he was found to be 12% permanently…