A divided Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a worker who retires for reasons not solely related to a prior compensable injury is entitled to application of a two-multiplier to an award of permanent partial disability benefits.
Case: Active Care Chiropractic v. Rudd, No. 2017-SC-000377-WC, 09/27/2018, published.
Facts: Katherine Rudd worked for Active Care Chiropractic. She injured her shoulder in a workplace fall and underwent three surgeries before returning.
Rudd retired a year after she returned to work. She later explained that she decided to retire because she had turned 60 and wa...
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