KARST ROBBINS MACH. SHOP, INC. v. CAUDILL

Nos. 88-SC-808-DG, 88-SC-821-DG and 89-SC-062-DG.

779 S.W.2d 207 (1989)

KARST ROBBINS MACHINE SHOP, INC., Appellant, v. William CAUDILL; Karst Robbins Coal Company, Inc.; Carol M. Palmore, Secretary of Labor Cabinet (Special Fund); Uninsured Employers' Fund; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees. KARST ROBBINS COAL COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. William CAUDILL; Karst Robbins Machine Shop, Inc.; Carol M. Palmore, Secretary of Labor Cabinet (Special Fund); Uninsured Employers' Fund; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees. William CAUDILL, Appellant, v. KARST ROBBINS MACHINE SHOP, INC.; Karst Robbins Coal Company, Inc.; Carol M. Palmore, Secretary of Labor Cabinet (Special Fund); Uninsured Employers' Fund; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

November 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Francis, Francis, Kazee and Francis, Prestonsburg, for Karst Robbins Coal Co., Inc.

William A. Rice, Rice, Huff & Hendrickson, Harlan, for Karst Robbins Mach. Shop, Inc.

Dennis Nagle, Cole, Cole & Anderson, PSC, Barbourville, for William Caudill.

Denis S. Kline, Louisville, for Labor Cabinet (Special Fund).

Frederic J. Cowan, Atty. Gen., Donald Roney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for Uninsured Employers' Fund.


COMBS, Justice.

The issue in these cases is whether the claimant, William Caudill, had voluntarily rejected the provisions of the act pursuant to KRS 342.395. That Caudill, under no coercion, did sign the Form 4 notice of rejection was not disputed; but the evidence conflicted as to whether this employee, possessed of "extremely limited literary skills," executed the document with an informed understanding of its import sufficient to render his rejection truly voluntary...

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