WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. SMITH

No. 2007-CA-001469-WC.

277 S.W.3d 610 (2008)

WAL-MART STORES, INC., Appellant, v. Roberta SMITH; Hon. John W. Thacker, Administrative Law Judge; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 13, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Bryan Hubbard, James E. Skaggs, Clark & Ward, Lexington, KY, for appellant.

McKinnley Morgan, Morgan, Madden, Brashear & Collins, London, KY, for appellee.

Before CAPERTON, NICKELL, and TAYLOR, Judges.


OPINION

NICKELL, Judge.

Wal-Mart seeks review of a June 22, 2007, opinion of the Workers' Compensation Board ("Board") affirming an opinion of Administrative Law Judge John W. Thacker ("ALJ"). The ALJ awarded benefits to Roberta Smith ("Smith") for a work-related low back injury and for psychological trauma, both of which flowed from an explosion that shook the Wal-Mart where Smith was employed as a greeter...

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