C & L CONST. v. CANNON

No. 93-SC-780-WC.

884 S.W.2d 647 (1994)

C & L CONSTRUCTION v. Robert G. CANNON, Vicki G. Newberg, Acting Director of Special Fund, Ronald L. McDermott, Administrative Law Judge, and Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

September 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carole Meller Pearlman, Louisville, for appellant.

Karen Alderdice, Paducah, for appellee Robert G. Cannon.

David R. Allen, Louisville, for appellee Special Fund.


OPINION OF THE COURT

This workers' compensation appeal presents a single issue: whether the legislature intended that the employer must reimburse an injured employee's reasonable post-award travel expenses incurred in obtaining medical treatment.

In 1991, Cannon moved to reopen his award on grounds that C & L refused to pay a mileage-based reimbursement for Cannon's out-of-town travel for treatment of his...

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