Ky. Rev. Stat. § 342.680
Current through 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 225
In any claim for compensation, where the employee has been killed, or is physically or mentally unable to testify as confirmed by competent medical evidence and where there is unrebutted prima facie evidence that indicates that the injury was work related, it shall be presumed, in the absence of substantial evidence to the contrary, that the injury was work related, that sufficient notice of the injury has been given, and that the injury or death was not proximately caused by the employee's intoxication or by his willful intention to injure or kill himself or another.
KRS 342.680
Amended 1996, (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 79, effective12/12/1996. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 8, effective 1/1/1973.