Southeast Coal Co. v. Mansfield

OPINION OF THE COURT

This appeal concerns an Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ’s) order denying the claimant’s post-award “Motion to Suspend Deductions from Plaintiffs Weekly Benefits.” The Workers’ Compensation Board set the decision aside on the grounds that the ALJ lacked jurisdiction under KRS 342.125 and that circuit court was the sole forum for enforcing an award. Nonetheless, it also found the decision to be erroneous under Triangle Insulation and Sheet Metal Company v. Stratemeyer, 782 S.W.2d 628 (Ky.1990). The employer appealed, but the Court of Appeals affirmed under Stratemeyer and…