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PEABODY COAL CO. v. CROXTON

593 S.W.2d 105 (1980)

PEABODY COAL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Jimmy L. CROXTON, James R. Yocom, Commissioner of Labor and Custodian of the Special Fund, and Workmen's Compensation Board, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

January 4, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Joiner, Madisonville, for appellant.

David G. Massamore, Madisonville, Cyril E. Shadowen, Dept. of Labor, Louisville, for appellees.

Before HOGGE, LESTER and VANCE, JJ.

VANCE, Judge.

The question is whether the Workmen's Compensation Board has jurisdiction to make an award for a fixed sum and provide additionally that any future court determinations concerning the correct method of computing the award beneficial to claimant shall automatically be retroactive to the date of the award. We hold that it does not have such jurisdiction.

Appellee Croxton received an award on September 3, 1975, for compensation based upon a finding...

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