STOVALL v. COUCH


658 S.W.2d 437 (1983)

Thelma STOVALL (Special Fund) and Coal Miners Pneumoconiosis Fund, Appellants, v. L.C. COUCH; C & S Fuel, Inc. and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

September 30, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Burnham, Dept. of Labor, Louisville, for appellants.

Dale B. Mitchell, Somerset, Boyd F. Taylor, London, for appellees.

Before DUNN, LESTER and McDONALD, JJ.


LESTER, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Clay Circuit Court affirming the opinion and award of the Workers' Compensation Board which found the claimant, L.D. Couch, to be 100% occupationally disabled. The only issue upon appeal is whether it was error for the Board to award interest at the rate of 12% per annum on all due and unpaid installments. We believe that the Board did err in doing so, and reverse.

Appellee Couch filed a claim for...

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