Wells v. Jefferson County

CULLEN, Commissioner.

This appeal raises the question of constitutionality of a 1952 amendment to the Kentucky Workmen’s Compensation Act. In a declaratory judgment proceeding between certain employes and their employers, the circuit court held the amendment .valid. The appeal is by the employes.

■ By Chapter 82 of the Acts of 1952, the legislature amended KRS 342.395, relating to acceptance of the Compensation Act by employes. Prior to 1952, and dating back to the time of the enactment of the present Act in 1916, the Compensation Act had provided that an employe must indicate his elections to…