Court Upholds Use of Multiplier for Worker's CT Injury

The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker with a cumulative trauma injury was entitled to a statutory three-times multiplier of his award based on his inability to do the work he had done over years for his employer. Case: Trane Co. v. Hammons, No. 2023-CA-0995-WC, 12/01/2023, unpublished. Facts: Geoffrey Hammons worked for Trane Co. for nearly 37 years. His work on an assembly line was strenuous, including the repetitive heavy lifting of panels. After he was laid off in 2022, Hammons filed a workers’ compensation claim alleging a cumulative trauma injury to multiple body...