Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for TTD Awards

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a worker was no longer entitled to temporary total disability benefits once she was able to return to work in a sedentary capacity. Case: Trane Commercial Systems v. Tipton, No. 2014-SC-000561-WC, 02/18/2016, published. Facts: Delena Tipton began working at the Trane commercial air conditioning manufacturing plant in 1990.  In May 2010, Tipton fell and fractured her right patella while at work. Her job at the time was in the quality control department, and it required her to frequently bend, squat, crawl and kneel in order to connect vari...