The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits for an injured electrician and remanded to the Court of Appeals his employer’s constitutional challenge to the assessment of interest.
Case: General Motors v. Payne, No. 2024-SC-0039-WC, 02/20/2025, unpublished.
Facts: Thomas Payne worked for General Motors as an electrician. He fell at work in January 2020 and suffered bilateral quadriceps tendon ruptures.
Payne has not returned to work, and he has been cleared to return only to sedentary duty.
Dr. Robert Byrd assigned Payne a 20% permanent...
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