The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits for a nurse who had received a 5% impairment rating.
Case: Pikeville Medical Center v. Baker, No. 2024-SC-0214-WC, 02/20/2025, unpublished.
Facts: Charlotte Baker worked for Pikeville Medical Center as a registered nurse. She suffered injuries in a fall in December 2020 while assisting with the transfer of a patient from an ambulance.
Baker missed several months of work but returned without restrictions in May 2021. She stopped working again in January 2022.
Dr. Anthony J. McEldowney examined Baker in Septemb...
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