BARTEE v. UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

No. 2007-SC-000094-WC.

244 S.W.3d 91 (2008)

Sonia BARTEE, Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Dr. Craig Roberts, Dr. Ranier Lenhart and Hon. John W, Thacker, Administrative Law Judge and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

January 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne C. Daub, Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellant, Sonia Bartee.

Lyn Douglas Powers, Fulton & Louisville, KY, Counsel for Appellee, University Medical Center.

Dr. Craig Roberts, pro se.

Dr. Ranier Leinhart, pro se.


OPINION OF THE COURT

KRS 342.125 permits a final workers' compensation award to be reopened. KRS 342.125(4) gives an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) broad authority to modify a reopened award but also provides that "[r]eopening shall not affect the previous order or award as to any sums already paid thereunder, and any change in the amount of compensation shall be ordered only from the date of filing the motion to reopen."

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