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WATTS v. NEWBERG

No. 95-SC-651-WC.

920 S.W.2d 59 (1996)

Hubert WATTS, Appellant, v. Vicki G. NEWBERG, Acting Director of Special Fund; Benco Mining, Inc.; Ronald W. May, Administrative Law Judge; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 25, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Moak, Stumbo, Bowling & Barber, P.L.L.C., Prestonsburg, for Appellant.

David Randall Allen, Louisville, for Appellee Newberg.

Charles E. Allen, Hazard, for Appellee Benco Mining, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

This matter is before the Court on appeal from an opinion of the Court of Appeals reversing the Workers' Compensation Board (Board). The Board reversed the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) who had dismissed the claim, finding that claimant's rejection of workers' compensation coverage was voluntary.

The issue on appeal centers around the question of whether claimant knowingly and voluntarily executed a rejection of workers' compensation...

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