Ridge v. VMV Enterprises, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

KRS 342.270(1) requires the joinder of all known causes of action against the named employer during the pendency of a workers’ compensation claim. After sustaining a work-related knee injury in 1998 and a work-related back injury in 1999, the claimant filed an application for benefits with respect to the knee injury and settled the claim. ' Subsequently, he filed an application with respect to the back injury. In a decision that was affirmed by the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) and the Court of Appeals, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) dismissed the claim on the…