Daub v. Baker Concrete

OPINION OF THE COURT

This workers’ compensation appeal concerns whether the December 12, 1996, amendment to KRS 342.320(2)(a), which limits the maximum attorney fee for representing an injured worker before an arbitrator to $2,000.00, was properly applied to a claim which arose before the amendment’s effective date. It also concerns whether the provision is constitutional.

The claimant was injured on May 13, 1996. On December 12,1996, at the culmination of a special legislative session, a major revision of the Workers’ Compensation Act became effective. On June 23, 1997, claimant contracted…