The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that post-traumatic stress disorder is not compensable where there is no physical causative injury.
In Kubajak v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Gov., No. 2003-SC-0974-WC, 12/22/2005, Charles Kubajak, a police officer for the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG), claimed post-traumatic stress disorder, panic attacks, and a cumulative trauma psychiatric injury resulting from his high-stress job. Kubajak's "duties included responding to accidents, taking burglary reports, and attempting to deter crime." When Kubajak transferred to the crime scene ...
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