Scheurich & Fritz Roofing Co. v. DeWitt

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Appellee Kenneth Earl DeWitt proceeded in the circuit court under KRS 342.305 to have reduced to judgment a workmen’s compensation agreement which by board approval had the status of an award. The appellants, employer and insurer, sought to abate the action pending determination by the Workmen’s Compensation Board of a motion to reopen the award which the appellants had filed. The court refused to abate the action and entered judgment awarding recovery for past-due payments and requiring that future payments be made until the award be set aside. The employer and insurer…