Legal Opinion

Davis v. Turner

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided February 21, 1975PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CULLEN, Commissioner.

The workmen’s compensation law of Kentucky was amended in many major respects by Chapter 78 of the Acts of 1972. By section 19 of that Act, compiled as KRS 342.760, an Uninsured Employers’ Fund was created. Under subsection (4) of that section, compensation is to be paid from that fund (with rights of subrogation against the employer) “when there has been default in the payment of compensation due to the failure of an employer to secure payment of compensation as provided by this chapter.”

The appellee Shirley Turner was injured in May 1973 while in the course of his work…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Kentucky State Journal Co. v. Workmen's Compensation BoardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
  2. Buhler v. West End Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1914

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. United States v. SimpsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
  2. Yocom v. CampbellKentucky Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Davis v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1975
  4. Davis v. GoodinCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1982
  5. Mendez v. Atlantic Painting Co., Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 2010

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