The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld a reduction in a worker’s award of temporary total disability benefits to eliminate compensation for the time after he was terminated up until he underwent back surgery.
Case: Livers v. Westrock, No. 2023-CA-0713-WC, 08/02/2024, unpublished.
Facts: Ronald Livers worked for Westrock as a truck driver. He injured his back at work in June 2019.
Livers was unable to work for a time after his injury, then began a light-duty position. Westrock terminated Livers on March 6, 2021, while he was still on light duty.
In June 2021, Livers had a dorsal column ...
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