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LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOV. v. WEST

No. 2000-SC-0979-WC.

52 S.W.3d 564 (2001)

LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT, Appellant, v. Ginger K. WEST; Roger D. Riggs, Administrative Law Judge; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

August 23, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Swisher, Geralds, Jones, Sherrow, Schrader, & Rick, P.S.C., Lexington, for Appellant.

David B. Allen, Lexington, for Appellee West.

OPINION OF THE COURT

It is undisputed that the former police officer who filed this workers' compensation claim suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and that the condition originated with a 1989 incident in which she was physically assaulted by a knife-wielding suspect that she was attempting to apprehend. Furthermore, it is undisputed that the condition became increasingly symptomatic following additional work...

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