Gibbs v. Premier Scale Company/Indiana Scale Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

This workers’ compensation appeal concerns whether the claimant demonstrated that he sustained a harmful change in the human organism which was evidenced by objective medical findings. KRS 342.0011(1). The meaning of the term “objective medical findings,” as it is defined by KRS 342.0011(33), is a matter of first impression.

The claimant was born in 1939 and had an extensive employment history when he began working for the defendant-employer in 1984, inspecting, repairing, and installing all types of scales. Over the years, he had sustained work-related injuries and had…