An employer’s attempt to establish a black-letter requirement that workers’ compensation claimants must provide notice of their need for transportation to a medical appointment as a condition of recovery has backfired. The employer argued that the Workers Compensation Commission erred ...

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Type of action: Workers’ compensation Injuries alleged: Traumatic brain injury, respiratory failure, injuries to head, brain, cognitive disorders, seizure disorders, bilateral lower extremities (including hips), groin, neurogenic bladder and bowel, osteoporosis, hypogonadism and muscle spasticity Court: Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission ...

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Type of action: Workers’ compensation Injuries alleged: Paraplegia Court: Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission Date resolved: 6/22/2022 Verdict or settlement: Settlement Amount: $2,000,000 Attorneys for defendant (and city): Richard H. Talbot and Geoff McDonald, Richmond Description of case: The claimant was ...

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Type of action: Workers’ compensation Verdict or settlement: Settlement Amount: $175,000 Attorney for plaintiff (and city): Stephen Harper, Richmond Description of case: The injured worker died in a motor vehicle accident while he was at work. While driving a truck ...

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Where a workers’ compensation claimant failed to appeal a determination which didn’t address payments for ongoing treatment of a compensable injury, his claims were barred by res judicata. The Virginia Court of Appeals affirmed a finding of the Workers Compensation ...

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A man who suffered multiple injuries in a work-related fall from a tree in 2014 saw his claim for medical benefits for a foot condition denied by the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission, or VWCC. The commission found “no causal connection ...

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Where claimant fell from a tree in a work-related accident, suffering multiple injuries, the Workers’ Compensation Commission correctly determined that there was no causal connection between appellant’s work related injuries and the left foot condition for which he sought surgery. ...

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Type of action: Workers’ compensation Injuries alleged: Broken right leg, left knee and back Name of case: Kelei v. Metalsa Automotive Court: Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission Tried before: Mediation Name of judge or mediator: William Dudley Date resolved: 10/5/2021 Special ...

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Type of action: Workers’ compensation Injuries alleged: COVID-19 “long hauler” symptoms, including brain injury Name of case: Lupold v. Northern Virginia Community Hospital LLC Court: Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission Case no.: VA00001726849 Date resolved: 7/16/2021 Verdict or settlement: Settlement Amount: ...

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An employee who was in a head-on collision while driving to a work assignment did not face any greater risk than others on the highway, and the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission made the correct call when it held that the ...

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