What Do You Think? Claims administrators should not automatically deny every request for medically related equipment, even if it seems at first glance far out. But they should consider whether the claimant has provided anything […]
Is statistical evidence that a worker was just as likely to contract COVID-19 outside of work than at work enough, by itself, to defeat a workers’ compensation claim? The state’s High Court recently addressed that […]
What Do You Think? Firefighting is a difficult and dangerous job. So, when a firefighter gets hurt at work, one assumes the injury occurred when he or she was heroically battling a dangerous conflagration–not when […]
What Do You Think? An employer generally has discretion to choose among reasonable accommodations for purposes of ADA compliance. A case involving a Maryland pest control technician for Orkin addresses the question of whether putting […]
When an employee of a West Virginia company is injured while working in another state, which state pays? As one case shows, this tends to hinge on how long the claimant worked in the other […]
In West Virginia, employees are not entitled to compensation for the portion of an injury that is the result of pre-existing conditions. One case shows why it’s important for employers to ensure that at least […]
What Do You Think? Ravenswood, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- To obtain workers’ compensation benefits, an employee generally has to show, among other things, that her injury was caused by her work activities. A case involving a […]
Case File The West Virgina top court upheld an Office of Judges' decision that found in a worker's favor on the basis that the employer didn't connect the dots between an alleged preexisting condition and […]