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TURNER v. KENTUCKY BAR ASS'N

No. 97-SC-757-KB.

980 S.W.2d 560 (1998)

Walter M. TURNER, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims Tara Aziz, Judy Houston, Lee Ann Tramontin, Betsy Peters, Stephen Roth, John Labreche, Paula Hampton, Ingrid Bowling, Dianna Wood, and Paul Stodgill, Movants, v. KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

December 17, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Cox, General Counsel, Department of Workers' Claims, Frankfort, for Movants.

Bruce K. Davis, Executive Director, Kentucky Bar Association, Frankfort, William E. Johnson, Johnson, Judy, True & Guarnieri, LLP, Frankfort, for Respondent.

LAMBERT, Chief Justice.

We have been called upon to decide whether non-lawyer "workers' compensation specialists" in the Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims may assist ill or injured workers in processing their claims and, if so, what type and degree of assistance the specialists may offer. To resolve this issue, we must first determine whether KRS 342.320(9) is a legislative trespass upon judicial authority, in violation of the separation of powers provisions...

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