Injured workers that have reached Social Security retirement age are limited to two years Kentucky workers compensation income benefits from the date of their work injury, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled last week in Styles v. Elkhorn Truck Parts & Service, No 2009-SC-494-WC (June 17, 2010).
Hoyle Styles was 65 years old and receiving Social Security retirement benefits when he suffered a permanently disabling work on January 18, 2006. The Court ruled unanimously that KRS 342.730(4) terminates "all income benefits" two years after the date of injury and that "all income benefits" included "temporary total disability (TTD) benefits, permanent partial disability (PPD) benefits, and permanent total disability benefits."
