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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 342.001 (2026)

Repealed, effective January 1, 1973

✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Definitions. History: Repealed 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 36, effective January 1, 1973. -- Created 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 192, sec. 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 79 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1943–2023 · leading case: Kentucky Employers Mut. Ins. v. Coleman, 236 S.W.3d 9 (Ky. 2007).
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Kentucky Employers Mut. Ins. v. Coleman, 236 S.W.3d 9 (Ky. 2007). · cites it 2× “I cannot agree however, that an employee's default election to participate under the Workers' Compensation Act KRS 342.001, et seq., could be construed to waive his "jural rights" for a "new non-work related physical injury" allegedly caused by such misconduct as is acknowledged…”
Stasel v. Am. Radiator & Stand. Sanitary Corp., 278 S.W.2d 721 (Ky. Ct. App. 1955). · cites it 2× “The compensation board held the injury noncompensable, and the circuit court affirmed its finding.”
Adams v. Bryant, 274 S.W.2d 791 (Ky. Ct. App. 1955). · cites it 2× “On appeal, this decision was reversed by the Letcher Circuit Court and the Board was directed to enter an award for appellees for such sum as they were entitled to receive under the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act, KRS 342.001 et seq. The alleged claim arose out of…”
Ruby Lumber Co. v. K. v. Johnson Co., 187 S.W.2d 449 (Ky. Ct. App. 1945). “The petition showed that both contractors were operating" under our Compensation Act, KRS 342.001 et seq., and Arrington had accepted its provisions.”
Whitney v. Louisville N. R. Co., 177 S.W.2d 139 (Ky. Ct. App. 1944). “omise settlement of a claim by the administratrix of the estate of the driver of the truck for his death, under which it paid her $2,475 and agreed to pay $1,600 additional in the event she failed to recover for herself as widow and for her child the maximum of $4,000, plus $75…”
Smith Coal Co. v. Feltner, 260 S.W.2d 398 (Ky. Ct. App. 1953). “The board found, as facts, that (1) Boyd Feltner was an employe of Charlie Cornett; (2) the latter had not elected to operate under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, KRS 342.001 et seq.; (3) Boyd Feltner was not an employe of Smith Coal Company or Leslie County Truckers’…”
Ellis v. Litteral, 176 S.W.2d 883 (Ky. Ct. App. 1943). “Both employer and employee had accepted the provisions of the Kentucky Workmen’s Compensation Act, KRS 342.001 et seq,, and compensation at the rate of $15 per week, totaling $135, was paid to the date of Litteral’s death, which occurred on August 13, 1940.”
Reynolds Metal Co. v. Glass, 195 S.W.2d 280 (Ky. Ct. App. 1946). “KRS 342.001 et seq. She was survived by her husband, Andrew L.”
McNeese Constr. Co. v. Harris, 273 S.W.2d 355 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954). “This workmen’s compensation case involves a question of the acceptance of the provisions of the Act, KRS 342.001 et seq. Willis D. Harris, an employee of the McNeese Construction Company, engaged in erecting a building in Paducah, was accidently struck on the forehead with a…”
Mahan v. Litton, 321 S.W.2d 243 (Ky. Ct. App. 1959). “The primary question is whether the plaintiff may maintain the common law action for damages rather than have sought relief under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, KRS 342.001 et seq. Other questions of contributory negligence and excessive damages are raised, but we do not reach…”
Sumpter v. Burchett, as Commonwealth's Atty., 202 S.W.2d 735 (Ky. Ct. App. 1947). “This action attacks the constitutionality of an act of the 1946 session of the General Assembly of Kentucky which undertakes to make the Kentucky Workmen’s Compensation Act, KRS 342.001 et seq., compulsory as to employers engaged in hazardous occupations providing criminal…”
Patton v. Travis, 183 S.W.2d 956 (Ky. Ct. App. 1944). “' The appellant and the appellee were operating under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, KRS 342.001 et seq. — the former as the owner and operator of fluorspar mines, and the latter as a laborer *679 in “timbering in shafts and levels and in laying mud sills…”
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— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 342.001(11)(a) — 1 case
Murray Energy v. Dalton Renfrow (Ky. Ct. App. 2023).
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