CARROLL COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL v. YOCUM


489 S.W.2d 246 (1972)

CARROLL COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL et al., Appellants, v. Lizzie Mae YOCUM, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Graves, William P. Swain, Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, Louisville, for appellants.

John M. Berry, Jr., Berry & Floyd, Carrollton, for appellee.


REED, Justice.

Was the insurance carrier for the employer in this workmen's compensation claim by an allegedly injured employee entitled to rely on the defense of expiration of the applicable statute of limitations?

From undisputed evidence, the Workmen's Compensation Board concluded as a matter of law that the claim was barred. When the employee appealed, the circuit court from the same undisputed evidence declared...

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