Young v. Allen

PALMORE, Judge.

KRS 342.316(13) provides among other things that when workmen’s compensation is payable for an occupational disease that has developed to the point of disability through an exposure of five years or more it shall be paid 60% by the employer and 40% by the Special Fund.

The appellee Allen has an occupational disease which became disabling through more than five years of exposure to gasoline while in the employment of the state highway department. He was awarded maximum compensation. The case is a sequel to Allen v. Com., Dept. of Highways, Ky., 425 S.W.2d 283 (1968).

The Special…