SMITH v. CARDINAL CO.

No. 1999-SC-0555-WC.

13 S.W.3d 623 (2000)

Jentry C. SMITH, Sr., Appellant, v. CARDINAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY; Special Fund; Lloyd R. Edens, Administrative Law Judge; and Kentucky Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 23, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack W. Richendollar, Catlettsburg, for appellant.

R. Craig Reinhardt, Michael E. Liska, Lexington, for appellee Cardinal Construction Co.

John William Burrell, Benjamin C. Johnson, Labor Cabinet—Special Fund, Frankfort, for appellee Special Fund.


OPINION

This workers' compensation appeal concerns whether the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) erred in determining that claimant failed to give his employer timely notice that a work-related accident had resulted in a cervical injury as well as a lower back injury. KRS 342.185.

Claimant operated a bulldozer at a landfill. He alleged that he had injured his back on January 7, 1996, when he slipped on snow and ice, causing him to fall from the deck of the...

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