Wells v. Blair

HAYES, Judge:

This is a workers’ compensation dispute between the Special Fund and the Uninsured Employers’ Fund in which the former appeals from a judgment and order entered January 31, 1986, as amended May 23, 1986, in Morgan Circuit Court. The issue involves the applicability of KRS 342.-316(13)(a) and KRS 342.120 in determining the proper method of payment between an uninsured employer and the Special Fund.

Davis E. Blair was found totally and permanently disabled as a result of coal miner’s pneumoconiosis and/or silicosis; upon application for adjustment of his claim in February 1984,…