Supreme Court Upholds PTD Award for Assembly Line Worker

The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits for an assembly line worker’s neck injury, finding she had timely moved to reopen her claim after her condition worsened. Case: Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky v. Prichard, No. 2017-SC-000031-WC, 11/02/2017, published. Facts and procedural history: Kathy Prichard filed a workers’ compensation claim in March 2007, asserting she had injured her neck while working on an assembly line for Toyota Motor Manufacturing. In November 2007, a workers’ compensation judge awarded her permanent partia...