With many thousands of Virginians working out of the office, employers may face a question they’ve never previously considered: Can employees file workers’ compensation claims if they are injured while working from home? In short, the answer is yes – though ...

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The claimant suffered a low back injury while moving a crate at his job as a delivery driver. The employer first accepted the claim and paid weekly wage benefits and for medical care, including back surgery, which failed to relieve ...

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Where claimant was injured when a gust of wind pushed a gate that she opened and then blew the gate back into her, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission correctly applied the “act of God” doctrine to determine she did not ...

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Where a worker’s estate withdrew its timely filed claim for benefits after the statute of limitations expired, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission correctly ruled that the matter was moot and that it lacked jurisdiction to consider employer’s application for a ...

Tagged with: Judge Marla Graff Decker Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

The coronavirus outbreak put workers’ compensations hearings on hold, and Richmond attorney Andrew Reinhardt is concerned on how the commission will catch up. “We’re all working remote. The judges, the attorneys on both sides, our parties are remote… It’s a ...

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The claimant suffered a traumatic amputation of his left leg while operating a “debarking” machine at a logging facility on Feb. 23, 2018. The claimant had been released to full duty physically but was still having post-traumatic stress disorder issues ...

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Where claimant’s job required him to dig with a shovel while kneeling, and he injured his knee when he stood up from the kneeling position, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission correctly determined he was required to work in “an unusual ...

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Where plaintiff’s decedent presented at his employer’s dispensary, requested and was denied a blood pressure check, and suffered a fatal heart attack at work a few hours later, jurisdiction over plaintiff’s claim lies with the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission and ...

Tagged with: Judge Charles N. Dorsey Roanoke County Circuit Court Workers' Compensation

Where a brown recluse spider bit claimant while she was at work, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission’s decision to award her benefits is affirmed. Background Beginning in December 2017, the boiler room in the basement of the building where claimant ...

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

Where appellant was injured while driving his employer’s truck, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission correctly denied his claim after finding that he willfully failed to wear a seatbelt, and such failure proximately caused his injuries. Background Claimant’s job was to ...

Tagged with: Judge Mary B. Malveaux Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation