Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance v. Novation Capital, LLC

OPINION

THOMPSON, Judge:

Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance (KEMI) appeals an order of the Rockcas-tle Circuit Court requiring KEMI to transfer workers’ compensation benefits payable to Jeffrey K. Taylor to Novation Capital, LLC. KEMI alleges that the Workers’ Compensation Board had exclusive subject matter jurisdiction and that Taylor was precluded from assigning his benefits to a third-party under KRS 342.180, which prohibits the assignment of a claim for workers’ compensation benefits. The circuit court rejected both contentions. We affirm.

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