The Kentucky Supreme Court has upheld a law amended in 2018 that cuts off workers’ compensation disability payments once claimants turn 70 years old because the court said the statute fulfills a governmental interest in preventing residents from receiving both comp and retirement benefits.
The high court’s ruling comes four years after justices declared a previous version of the law unconstitutional because it treated same-aged Kentuckians differently, specifically those who qualified for Social Security benefits and those who didn’t.
Writing for the court in a unanimous de...
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