Ky. Court Affirms Board’s Decision Denying Enhanced Benefits in Mold Workplace Exposure Claim

FRANKFORT, Ky. –– A Kentucky appellate court has affirmed a Workers’ Compensation Board’s finding that a former nurse was not entitled to enhanced benefits for her pulmonary symptoms allegedly caused by exposure to mold allergens at her workplace.

In the Aug. 1 opinion, the Kentucky Court of Appeals found that since an Administrative Law Judge had determined that the claimant retained the ability to return to the type of work she was performing at the time of the injury, enhanced benefits were not proper.

Penny Berry contended that while employed as a registered nurse for Cedar Lake, she began to …