Court Opinion

ID: 9683185
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 13:24:01.627038+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:46.033179
License: Public Domain

BUCKINGHAM, Judge,
concurring.
I concur with the majority opinion but desire to write separately out of concern that it may be read too broadly under other circumstances. I agree that CR 15.02 is applicable in this case because the issue of the March 8, 2000, injury was tried before the ALJ with Ford’s implied consent. However, I do not believe this opinion should be read so broadly as to mean that compliance with KRS 342.270(1) is unnecessary in all cases where evidence is presented concerning the unpleaded injury. In fact, a party may prevent the application of CR 15.02 to an unpleaded issue by raising an objection at the trial level. See Nucor Corp., 812 S.W.2d at 145, quoting 6 Bertelsman & Philipps, Kentucky Practice, p. 318-19 (4th ed.1984). Ford apparently did not do that in this case. I believe the failure of the Board to make this distinction led it to erroneously rely on our prior opinion in an unpublished case.