Dowell v. Matthews Contracting
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The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals upholding the 2018 amendment to Ky. Rev. Stat. 342.730(4), holding that the statutory amendment did not violate the Contracts Clause of the federal and state constitutions.
The statutory amendment at issue terminates workers' compensation income benefits when the recipient of the benefits reaches the age of seventy or four years from the date of injury or last injurious exposure, whoever occurs last. Plaintiffs challenged the constitutionality of the amendment. The court of appeals held that the amendment did not violate the Contracts Clause of the state and federal constitutions and that the statute was reasonable. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the 2018 amendment did not violate the Contracts Clause of the Federal or Kentucky Constitutions.
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