Legal Opinion
Whittaker v. Reeder
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided November 22, 2000No. 1999-SC-0796-WC, 1999-SC-0829-WCPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LAMBERT, Chief Justice.
This appeal concerns whether, when considering an appeal following a reopening, the “new” Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) exceeded its authority by considering sua sponte a substantial error in the calculation of the initial award and by directing the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to enter an award at reopening which was based upon a correct computation of the weekly benefit for the claimant’s entire compensable occupational disability, with credit to the defendants in the amount of the overlapping benefits awarded by the “old” Board.
On December 1, 1978,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Whittaker v. RowlandKentucky Supreme Court · 1999
- Eaton Axle Corp. v. NallyKentucky Supreme Court · 1985
- Vessels Ex Rel. Vessels v. Brown-Forman Distillers Corp.Kentucky Supreme Court · 1990
- Wheatley v. Bryant Auto ServiceKentucky Supreme Court · 1993
- Keefe v. O. K. Precision Tool & Die Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1978
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