A firefighter proved that he injured his cervical spine when he was assist­ing in removal of a 400-pound man who had fallen in the shower and broken his leg; the Court of Appeals reverses a decision of the Workers’ Compensation ...

Tagged with: Judge Richard Y. AtLee Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

A regional administrator for the Com­munity Corrections Administration who had an automobile accident while driv­ing to meet with her supervisor has not shown that her accident was due to either blurred vision due to her pre-existing mi­graine headaches or a ...

Tagged with: Judge William G. Petty Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

A regional administrator for the Com­munity Corrections Administration who had an automobile accident while driv­ing to meet with her supervisor has not shown that her accident was due to either blurred vision due to her pre-existing mi­graine headaches or a ...

Tagged with: Judge William G. Petty Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

In a claimant’s efforts to win workers’ comp benefits for injuries he suffered while help­ing to reconstruct an historic schoolhouse, the Court of Appeals reverses a commission holding that the Uninsured Employers Fund waived its argument that claimant was an ...

Tagged with: Judge William G. Petty Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

A claimant failed to establish that his right shoulder injury was causally related to one or both of his falls on a particular date, and the Court of Appeals upholds denial of his claim for workers’ compensation bene­fits. When claimant ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert J. Humphreys Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

The Court of Appeals affirms a com­mission decision denying claimant $1,437.31, the pro rata reduction of her employer’s workers’ compensation in­surance carrier’s lien recovered from the negligent third party in claimant’s work-related auto accident. In her appeal, claimant asserts the ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert J. Humphreys Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

Although claimant, a field superinten­dent for a signal company, had had prob­lems with his left knee going back 30 years and had been warned about walk­ing on uneven terrain, his injury from stepping into “quicksand”-like soil on a job site ...

Tagged with: Judge James W. Haley Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

When an employee is off the clock, how far off can he be – time-wise and site-wise – and still collect workers’ comp? A new decision by the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission illustrates a difference of opinion on the question. ...

Tagged with: Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission Workers' Compensation

The Court of Appeals affirms the decision of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission denying employer’s request to terminate benefits prior to employee’s sentencing; Va. Code §§ 65.2-510.1(A) and -708(A) authorize prospective relief and we decline to exercise our equitable powers ...

Tagged with: Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

The Court of Appeals affirms the commission’s denial of disability benefits to a trucker terminated for receiving light duty pay and temporary total disability benefits 50 percent higher than his regular salary for 10 weeks before employer discovered the error; ...

Tagged with: Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation