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SPEEDWAY/SUPER AMERICA v. ELIAS

No. 2008-SC-000873-WC.

285 S.W.3d 722 (2009)

SPEEDWAY/SUPER AMERICA, Appellant, v. Mazen ELIAS; Honorable Marcel Smith, Administrative Law Judge; and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

June 25, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Black, Steven Andrew Oldham Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP, Cincinnati, OH, Counsel for Appellant, Speedway/Super America.

Frank Jenkins, III, Frank Jenkins Law Office, Lexington, KY, Counsel for Appellee, Mazen Elias.

OPINION OF THE COURT

The court determined in Bevins Coal Co. v. Ramey, 947 S.W.2d 55 (Ky.1997), that home healthcare services provided by an injured worker's spouse were compensable if they were medically necessary, performed competently, and provided cure and relief from a work-related injury's effects. Relying on the decision, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) awarded the claimant benefits for his spouse's services from...

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