Judge's Finding of COVID Compensability Overturned

The Kentucky Court of Appeals overturned a judge’s determination that a lineman’s COVID-19 infection was work-related due to an erroneous factual finding. Case: Thomas v. Russellville Electric Plant Board, No. 2025-CA-0540-WC, 08/29/2025, unpublished. Facts: Christopher Thomas worked as an electrical lineman supervisor for the Russellville Electric Plant Board. He contracted COVID-19 in July 2021. Thomas believed he contracted the infection from another employee, Mark Venable, who tested positive for COVID-19 a few days before Thomas did. Thomas suffered severe COVID-19 complic...