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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 342 WORKERS' COMPENSATION
342.690 Exclusiveness of liability.
Download pdfother liability of such employer to the employee, his legal representative, husband
or wife, parents, dependents, next of kin, and anyone otherwise entitled to recover
damages from such employer at law or in admiralty on account of such injury or
death. For purposes of this section, the term "employer" shall include a "contractor"
covered by subsection (2) of KRS 342.610, whether or not the subcontractor has in
fact, secured the payment of compensation. The liability of an employer to another
person who may be liable for or who has paid damages on account of injury or
death of an employee of such employer arising out of and in the course of
employment and caused by a breach of any duty or obligation owed by such
employer to such other shall be limited to the amount of compensation and other
benefits for which such employer is liable under this chapter on account of such
injury or death, unless such other and the employer by written contract have agreed
to share liability in a different manner. The exemption from liability given an
employer by this section shall also extend to such employer's carrier and to all
employees, officers or directors of such employer or carrier, provided the exemption
from liability given an employee, officer or director or an employer or carrier shall
not apply in any case where the injury or death is proximately caused by the willful
and unprovoked physical aggression of such employee, officer or director. (2) If an employer fails to secure payment of compensation as required by this chapter, an injured employee, or his legal representative in case death results from the injury,
may claim compensation under this chapter and in addition may maintain an action
at law or in admiralty for damages on account of such injury or death, provided that
the amount of compensation shall be credited against the amount received in such
action, and provided that, if the amount of compensation is larger than the amount
of damages received, the amount of damages less the employee's legal fees and
expenses shall be credited against the amount of compensation. In such action the
defendant may not plead as a defense that the injury was caused by the negligence
of a fellow servant, that the employee assumed the risks of his employment, or that
the injury was due to the contributory negligence of the employee. (3) An employer shall retain all common law defenses against any action by an employee who elects not to be covered, as provided under subsection (6) of KRS
342.650. Effective: July 15, 1980.
History: Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 188, sec. 274, effective July 15, 1980. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 9, effective January 1, 1973.
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