Board Can't Revisit Interlocutory Finding on Worker's Need for Surgery

The Kentucky Supreme Court overturned a decision of the Court of Appeals directing an administrative law judge to revisit a determination that a worker’s surgery was not compensable. Case: Graybar Electric v. Starr, No. 2025-SC-0204-WC, 02/19/2026, published. Facts and procedural history: Jeremy Starr worked as a delivery driver for Graybar Electric. He injured his back at work in March 2018. Before this incident, Starr had a 2004 motor vehicle accident. He underwent a magnetic resonance imaging scan in January 2005, which showed a left paracentral disc herniation at L5-S1 and hypertr...