RICHARD E. JACOBS GROUP, INC. v. WHITE

No. 2005-SC-0695-WC, No. 2005-SC-0696-WC.

202 S.W.3d 24 (2006)

RICHARD E. JACOBS GROUP, INC. and Jacobs Group Management Co., Inc., Appellants v. Chris WHITE; Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government; Hon. Donna H. Terry, Adminstrative Law Judge; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees. and Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, Appellant, v. Chris White; Richard E. Jacobs Group, Inc., and Jacobs Group Management Co., Inc.; and Hon. Donna H. Terry, Administrative Law Judge, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

June 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carroll M. Redford, III, Michael J. Cox, J. Scott Benton, Miller Griffin & Marks, PSC, Lexington, KY, Counsel for Richard E. Jacobs, Group, Inc., and Jacobs Group Management, Co., Inc.

Sherri P. Brown, Ferreri & Fogle, Lexington, KY, Counsel for Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government.

Donald R. Todd, Todd & Waiter, Lexington, KY, Counsel for Chris White.


OPINION OF THE COURT

KRS 342.0011(1) requires a mental harm to directly result from a physically traumatic event. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government v. West, 52 S.W.3d 564, 566-67 (Ky. 2001). An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) determined that the claimant failed to prove a physical injury or trauma and dismissed his application for benefits due to post-traumatic stress disorder. The Workers' Compensation...

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