The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission properly ordered employer to compensate claimant for the sick and personal leave time she used to cover a gap in pay while she was off work due to a compensable injury. Background From Aug. 18, ...

Tagged with: Judge William G. Petty Virginia Court of Appeals Workers’ Comp

Even though the evidence was equivocal concerning where claimant was working when he fell and was injured, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission properly awarded him medical benefits and temporary total disability benefits. Facts Claimant was a carpenter working on a ...

Tagged with: Virginia Court of Appeals Workers’ Comp

The Workers’ Compensation Commission correctly determined that it lacked jurisdiction to hear a claim by a medical provider against a shipyard and its insurer for payment of services rendered to the shipyard’s employee. Background The employee suffered a compensable injury ...

Tagged with: Judge Mary Grace O'Brien Virginia Court of Appeals Workers’ Comp

The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission correctly denied claimant benefits because none of claimant’s alleged employers were liable under the Workers’ Compensation Act. Overview Divino, the claimant, was injured while installing laminate flooring in a building, the Time Building, owned by ...

Tagged with: Judge Randolph A. Beales Virginia Court of Appeals Workers’ Comp

The Workers’ Compensation Commission correctly determined that it lacked jurisdiction to hear a claim by a medical provider against a shipyard and its insurer for payment of services rendered to the shipyard’s employee. “[T]his case is controlled by the published ...

Tagged with: Judge Jean Harrison Clements Virginia Court of Appeals Workers’ Comp

Where plaintiff injured his elbow when he slipped and fell while getting out of his vehicle, he was properly denied disability benefits because where his employer instructed him to park was not the only way to get to and from ...

Tagged with: Judge Clifford L. Athey Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals Workers’ Comp

Where claimant injured his foot when he stepped on an automotive fastener at work, the evidence supports a determination that treating the resulting chronic infections with broad spectrum antibiotics caused him to develop inflammatory bowel disease. An award of temporary ...

Tagged with: Judge Clifford L. Athey Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals Workers’ Comp

The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission correctly determined on remand that claimant’s injury was related to an identifiable incident. Background Claimant was a police officer for the city of Charlottesville. During a day-long SWAT team training exercise, he played the role ...

Tagged with: Judge Mary Bennett Malveaux Virginia Court of Appeals Workers’ Comp

The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission correctly denied the claimant’s application for temporary partial disability benefits because he presented no evidence that he adequately marketed his residual work capacity. Overview Ashby, the claimant, suffered a work-related injury while working for BWX ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert J. Humphreys Virginia Court of Appeals Workers’ Comp

The claimant, who was the owner of a company that provided maintenance services to commercial entities, suffered a severe traumatic brain injury with multi-lobe cerebral hemorrhage following a fall from a ladder. Other injuries included pelvic fractures, left clavicle fracture ...

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