Realty Improvement Co., Inc. v. Raley

OPINION OF THE COURT

Affirming a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, the Court of Appeals determined that KRS 342.165(1) permits the benefit paid under KRS 342.750(6) to be increased by 30% if the accident causing the worker’s death resulted from the employer’s intentional safety violation. The court also determined that the failure of the administrator of the worker’s estate to list the employer’s correct address on the application for benefits and the Administrative Law Judge’s (ALJ’s) denial of the employer’s request to reopen proof after the claim had been taken under submission…