Roberts v. George W. Hill & Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

In a decision that has been upheld on appeal, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) determined that although the claimant was fifteen years old when he was injured while working, his workers’ compensation claim was barred by limitations because he was not without next friends and did not file his claim within two years after the last payment of voluntary income benefits. See Roberts v. George W. Hill & Co., Ky., 23 S.W.3d 635 (2000). Appealing, the claimant maintains that the period of limitations was tolled until his eighteenth birthday under KRS 342.210 because he was an…