Active Care Chiropractic, Inc. v. Rudd

OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE VANMETER

*563KRS 1 342.730(1)(c)2 states: "During any period of cessation of ... employment, temporary or permanent, for any reason, with or without cause, payment of weekly benefits for permanent partial disability during the period of cessation shall be two (2) times the amount otherwise payable[.]"2 The sole issue for this Court on appeal, an issue of first impression, is whether the two-multiplier under KRS 342.730(1)(c) 2 applies to a claimant's benefits when that claimant returns to work and later retires for reasons not solely related to the work-related…