WESTERN BAPTIST HOSP. v. KELLY

Nos. 91-SC-570-WC, 91-SC-576-WC.

827 S.W.2d 685 (1992)

WESTERN BAPTIST HOSPITAL, Appellant, v. Faye KELLY; Vonda Spradling, Acting Director of Special Fund; Ronald W. May, Administrative Law Judge; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees. Vicki G. NEWBERG, Acting Director of Special Fund, Appellant, v. Faye KELLY; Western Baptist Hospital; Ronald W. May, Administrative Law Judge; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 9, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cathy Utley Costelle, Labor Cabinet, Louisville, for Acting Directors of Special Fund.

Charles David Walters, Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, Paducah, for Western Baptist Hosp.

Charles A. Saladino, Paducah, for Kelly.


LEIBSON, Justice.

The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) denied Faye Kelly's claim for disability benefits from a neck injury allegedly occurring May 31, 1985. The ALJ held that Ms. Kelly failed to sustain the burden of proving the work-relatedness of her injury.

Ms. Kelly appealed the ALJ's decision to the Workers' Compensation Board (WCB). In a 12-page opinion, after a careful review of the testimony introduced at the trial level, the WCB reversed and remanded...

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