A nurse working providing respiratory care to prepare patients for surgery failed to prove she contracted COVID-19 at work in November 2020, an appeals court
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for additional permanent partial disability benefits for her broken leg.
Case: Gajdos v.
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the closure of an injured law enforcement officer’s claim and the denial of authorization for further treatment.
Case: Robertson
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The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that chairman Wesley G. Marshall was elected to the International Workers’ Compensation Foundation board of trustees.
Wesley
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to reopen his claim or to receive additional benefits even though he
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A Texas appellate court upheld the denial of a self-represented worker’s claim due to his failure to ensure there was a record of the administrative
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A Florida appellate court ruled that an employer should have been granted a continuance after its medical expert expressed an unforeseen change in opinion shortly
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of 0% permanent partial disability for a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis.
Case: Foster v. Kingston Mining Inc.,
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a coal miner’s claim of injury from a fall.
Case: Saunders v. ACNR Resources Inc.,
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The Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that a jury’s award of temporary total disability benefits was inconsistent with its finding that a worker’s hip condition
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