HETTEBERG v. CITY OF NEWPORT


616 S.W.2d 35 (1981)

John Wayne HETTEBERG, Movant, v. CITY OF NEWPORT, Kentucky; Employer's Insurance of Wausau; Eugene F. Land, Commissioner of Labor and Custodian of the Special Fund; and Kentucky Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Blau, Jolly, Johnson, Blau & Parry, Newport, for movant.

Walter A. Ward, Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, Lexington, for respondents City of Newport and Employer's Ins. of Wausau.

Kenneth Hollis, Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Labor, Frankfort, Denis Kline, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Dept. of Labor, Louisville, for respondent Land.


CLAYTON, Justice.

John Wayne Hetteberg appeals from the dismissal of his claim made under the Kentucky Workers' Compensation Act. The dispositive issue in this case is whether the claim was timely filed within the two-year statute of limitations prescribed in KRS 342.185.

On February 26, 1973, Hetteberg suffered a fractured right leg during physical training while attending the Police Institute at Eastern Kentucky University. At the time of his injury Hetteberg...

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