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CURRY v. TOYOTA MOTOR MFG. KY, INC.

No. 2002-SC-0288-WC.

91 S.W.3d 557 (2002)

Lisa A. CURRY, et al., Appellant, v. TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING KY, INC.; Workers' Compensation Funds, Successor to Special Fund; Hon. James L. Kerr, Administrative Law Judge; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Motion to Depublish Opinion Denied January 14, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Arnold, Crestview Hills, Counsel for Appellant.

H. Douglas Jones, H. Douglas Jones & Associates, PLLC, Florence, Counsel for Appellee, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, KY, Inc.

John William Burrell, David W. Barr, Kentucky Labor Cabinet, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellee, Special Fund.

OPINION OF THE COURT

An injured worker's attorney appeals decisions that limited his fee to $15,000 for both effecting a settlement with the employer and successfully litigating the claim for a 1995 injury against the Special Fund. Although he maintains that KRS 342.320(1) authorized a separate $15,000 fee for obtaining a recovery from each defendant, we have concluded that the statute authorized only one attorney fee for the entire recovery. Hence, we affirm.<...

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