{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-342.680","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 342.680","heading":"Presumptions in the case of death or of physical or mental inability to","body":"testify.\nIn any claim for compensation, where the employee has been killed, or is physically or\nmentally unable to testify as confirmed by competent medical evidence and where there is\nunrebutted prima facie evidence that indicates that the injury was work related, it shall be\npresumed, in the absence of substantial evidence to the contrary, that the injury was work\nrelated, that sufficient notice of the injury has been given, and that the injury or death was\nnot proximately caused by the employee's intoxication or by his willful intention to injure\nor kill himself or another.","path":["KRS Chapter 342"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=32538","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:32Z","sha256":"b00c44812a87b54981e947c18013eb3d87717478fb436fde15bc004b394613cf","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-342.670","next":"us-ky/krs-342.690"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}