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PAST COAL CO. v. BISHOP

Nos. 93-SC-387-WC, 93-SC-403-WC.

871 S.W.2d 432 (1994)

PAST COAL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Michael Keith BISHOP; Special Fund; Thomas Shewmaker, Administrative Law Judge; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees. PAST COAL COMPANY and The Travelers Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Michael Keith BISHOP; Special Fund; Thomas Shewmaker, Administrative Law Judge; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

February 24, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Stuart Bennett, Jackson & Kelly, Lexington, John V. Porter, Travelers Ins., J.K. Wells, Wells, Porter, Schmitt & Walker, Paintsville, for appellant Past Coal Co.

Lawrence R. Webster, Pikeville, for appellee Bishop.

Mark C. Webster, Labor Cabinet, Special Fund, Louisville, for appellee Special Fund.

OPINION OF THE COURT

These appeals are by two insurance carriers, each of which provided coverage for the defendant-employer for one of the two work-related injuries, the claims for which were consolidated by the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). They concern the function of the prehearing conference in resolving workers' compensation claims and the proper role of the ALJ at the prehearing conference.

The prehearing conference on this claim was held on February...

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