The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for opioid medications.

Case: Becca v. Eagle Manufacturing, No. 21-0855, 09/14/2023, published.

Facts:

The West Virginia Supreme Court issued two separate opinions addressing the same worker’s claim, upholding his 8% permanent partial disability award and denying his requests

The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a mine worker had no preexisting, definitely ascertainable impairment to be apportioned out of his rating.

The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of a pain management referral and expansion of a worker’s claim.

Case: Beavers v. McDowell County Board

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined an Oklahoma contractor $82,149 following an investigation into the trench collapse that killed a project manager at