Commonwealth, Cabinet for Human Resources v. Riley

MEMORANDUM OPINION OF THE COURT

This is an appeal from a Court of Appeals’ opinion which held that the Workers’ Compensation Board abused its discretion by enforcing its regulation with respect to the timely filing of a completed application for benefits.

The questions presented are whether Riley’s application was never timely filed so as *617to toll the statute of limitations of KRS 342.185 and whether the Board abused its discretion by enforcing its regulations.

Riley suffered two injuries at CHR. The injury under review in this appeal occurred on July 22,1986. CHR voluntarily paid temporary total…