DERR CONST. CO. v. BENNETT

No. 93-SC-803-WC.

873 S.W.2d 824 (1994)

DERR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Appellant, v. Thomas E. BENNETT; Vicki G. Newberg, Acting Director of Special Fund; W. Bruce Cowden, Jr., Administrative Law Judge; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Ferreri, William A. Miller, C. Patrick Fulton, Ferreri & Fogle, Louisville, for appellant.

Philip John Castagno, Louisville, for appellee Bennett.

John E. Stephenson, Joel D. Zakem, R. Scott Summers, Labor Cabinet-Special Fund, Louisville, for appellee Newberg.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Claimant was employed as an iron worker for approximately 21 years, during the last 8 weeks of which he worked for the employer herein. His work included heavy lifting and extensive climbing, usually while wearing a 60-100 pound tool belt. Claimant testified that in the early 1980's he had suffered a staph infection in his left knee. For several years prior to the incident that precipitated this claim claimant had experienced arthritic problems...

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