Failure to Name Predecessor as Defendant Causes Board to Lose Jurisdiction Over Appeal

The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that an employer’s failure to name a worker’s prior employer as a defendant in its appeal caused the Workers’ Compensation Board to lose jurisdiction over the matter. Case: Hawk v. MS Cos., No. 2022-CA-0032-WC, 09/23/2022, unpublished.  Facts and procedural history: Jonathan Hawk worked for Express Employment Professionals, a temporary staffing service company. Express assigned him to work for one of its clients, Faurecia. After Hawk's employment with Express terminated in April 2017, he filed a workers' compensation claim a...