Roberts ex rel. Roberts v. George W. Hill & Co.

STUMBO, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Boone Circuit Court which affirmed the constitutionality of the Workers’ Compensation waiver of tort rights and exclusivity provisions, as applied to minors. KRS 342.395 and KRS 342.690. The suit also challenges the constitutionality of the statutes when applied to workers whose award under the Workers’ Compensation scheme would be quite small, although their injury is severe.

Briefly, the facts of this case are as follows: Appellant, Michael Chad Roberts, began working for Appellee, George W. Hill & Company, in 1997. He was fifteen…