Patrick v. Christopher East Health Care

OPINION OF THE COURT

An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) dismissed the claimant’s application for benefits on the ground that it was filed more than two years after the date of injury and, therefore, was barred by KRS 342.185. The Workers’ Compensation Board and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Appealing, the claimant maintains that her application was timely because the period of limitations was tolled by the employer’s delay in notifying the Department of Workers’ Claims (Department) of its refusal to pay voluntary temporary total disability (TTD) benefits. We affirm.

On September 12, 1999, the…