Legal Opinion · Dissent

Campbell v. Sextet Mining Co.

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided September 21, 1995No. Nos. 93-SC-562-WC, 93-SC-1027-WC and 94-SC-15-WCPublished

1DissentStephens, Chief Justice

Respectfully, I dissent. Although I agree with the majority that a totally disabled worker is entitled to be compensated for the whole of his disability and that each of these totally disabled workers is entitled to an award for total disability for the balance of his life, I believe that the same result may be accomplished by a somewhat different approach from that taken by the majority. Furthermore, I believe that this alternative approach is more in keeping with the principles of Chapter 342 and the decision in Brownies Creek v. Lingar, Ky.App., 794 S.W.2d 641 (1990), upon which the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Young v. FulkersonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1971
  2. Brownies Creek Collieries v. LingarCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1990

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