Legal Opinion · Dissent
Livingston County Farm Supply, Inc. v. Spencer
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 1979Published
1DissentSternberg, Justice
This appeal is from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board awarding an attorney’s fee and providing for commuting sufficient of the final payments of compensation to a lump sum for payment.
So much of KRS 342.320(2) as is pertinent to the issue provides as follows:
“* * * The entire attorney’s fee in a lump sum shall be paid directly to the attorney of record, and the board in allowing or approving an attorney’s fee, as provided in this section, shall order the payment of same directly to the attorney, commuting sufficient of the final payments of compensation payable under the award to a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. CombsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1962
- Hicks v. General Refractories Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1966
- Wakenva Coal Company v. DeatonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930
- Black Mountain Corporation v. DavenportCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1939