Virginia just got its 10th American Inn of Court, with the establishment of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation American Inn of Court. The American Inns of Court are a relatively new concept in this country; they are modeled after the old ...

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An airline employee who fell from the bed of a pickup truck while delivering airplane parts does not win workers’ comp benefits because there is no evidence that his fall arose out of the conditions of his employment, the Court ...

Tagged with: Justice Teresa M. Chafin Virginia Court of Appeals Workers’ Comp

A school custodian who tore her rotator cuff when she grabbed a sink in the school cafeteria in an effort to avert a fall is not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits because she did not show her injury was causally ...

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

An administrative assistant in a hospital emergency department wins workers’ compensation benefits for injuries she suffered when she tripped and fell over the threshold of a doorway while at work; the Court of Appeals upholds an award of medical benefits. ...

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

A claimant who suffered a work-related electrical shock in which current passed from one hand, through his arm and into his other hand, is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits despite employer’s complaints that his symptoms were not causally related to ...

Tagged with: Judge Stephen R. McCullough Virginia Court of Appeals Workers’ Comp

A claimant who suffered from chronic pain syndrome and leg weakness after a large metal desk fell on him at work may be entitled to medical payments for dental treatment needed after several falls in which he damaged his teeth; ...

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

Although an employer attempted to work through another subcontractor to hire a crew that included claimant for a roofing job, the commission did not err in concluding employer was claimant’s statutory employer and is liable for workers’ compensation benefits to ...

Tagged with: Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals Workers’ Comp

Issues raised on appeal by a workers’ comp claimant cannot be considered by the Court of Appeals because claimant failed to comply with Rules 5A:20 and 5A:25, governing the form for filing his brief on appeal. Claimant’s opening brief does ...

Tagged with: Per Curiam Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals Workers’ Comp

The claimant suffered a traumatic amputation to his left arm while operating a machine at a production facility on June 24, 2008. His modest earnings at the time of the accident entitled him to a weekly compensation only slightly over ...

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A police recruit who died during training at Norfolk Police Academy, due to repeated blows to the head during training, does not have a tort remedy and his estate may only recover under the Workers’ Compensation Act, the Supreme Court ...

Tagged with: Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Supreme Court of Virginia Workers’ Comp