Self-Represented Worker Can Reopen Settled Claim, Receive Additional Benefits

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a self-represented radio station employee was entitled to reopen her claim and request benefits for a knee injury from a car accident more than 20 years after she settled with her employer. Case: JACOR Broadcasting of Lexington v. Norton, No. 2019-SC-000320-WC, 04/30/2020, unpublished. Facts: Leann Norton worked for JACOR Broadcasting of Lexington. In March 1997, Norton was returning to JACOR's broadcasting station from an assignment when she was involved in a motor vehicle accident. Although both of Norton’s knees were injured in the acc...