Court Reinstates PTD Award for Emergency Medical Technician

The Kentucky Court of Appeals reinstated an award of permanent total disability benefits to an injured emergency medical technician for a cervical condition despite the parties' stipulation to a pre-existing shoulder injury. Case: Mullins v. Rural Metro Corp., Nos. 2016-CA-001152-WC and 2016-CA-001287-WC, 08/10/2018, published. Facts and procedural history: Michael Mullins worked for the Rural Metro Corp. as an emergency medical technician. He described feeling a "pop in his shoulder" when he attempted to prevent a patient from falling in September 2014. RMC accepted liabi...