Court Upholds Coal Miner's Comp Retaliation Verdict

A Kentucky appeals court on Friday upheld a jury verdict in favor of a coal miner who alleged that he was laid off in retaliation for seeking workers' compensation medical benefits, but ordered a trial court to reconsider his attorney fee award. The Kentucky Court of Appeals on Friday affirmed a Pike Circuit Court judgment in favor of Abram Scott Adkins in Lazarus Coal LLC v. Abram Scott Adkins, but vacated an $8,000 attorney fee award and remanded for further findings. Lazarus Coal hired Adkins as a roof bolter in August 2022. On Feb. 16, 2023, a rock fell on his arm while he was w...