In awarding benefits to a Washington Redskins’ player injured during the pre-season, the commission did not err in considering the amounts he earned during his short tenure before injury, instead of the amounts he would have earned if he made ...

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

A player hired in a temporary position on the Redskins’ practice squad failed to look for alternative work during the period after his injury and before he found new employment in a non-football job. Although he was undergoing rehabilitation, he ...

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Where a historical society that was affiliated with a church hired a contractor to move and reconstruct a school, neither is liable for a workers’ compensation claim filed by a man the contractor hired to help with the job. The ...

Tagged with: Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Supreme Court of Virginia Workers' Compensation

The case of a man who was blinded in a seemingly random attack by a former co-worker has been sent back by the Virginia Court of Appeals to the Workers’ Compensation Commission to determine if the man’s job put him ...

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Because the employer contested payment for a portion of health care services provided to an employee, the provider had one year from the date on which the final medical award to the injured claimant was issued to file its claim. ...

Tagged with: Judge Randolph A. Beales Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

The court lacked jurisdiction to determine if the commission erred in vacating a prior order awarding benefits because the commission’s order was neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory order. Background Tracy Irby suffered an injury at work on ...

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

The denial of benefits was upheld for an employee who was injured after he dozed off while driving home from a job site because he could not relate his drowsiness to working conditions and the resulting injury and accident. The ...

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

Claimant sustained a spinal cord injury when he fell from a roof in 2017. The employer accepted the claim and the Commission entered an award order. The parties began settlement negotiations in 2018. After several weeks a final settlement figure ...

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An employer wrongly claimed that a coal miner who suffered loss of lung function needed to prove his disability after medical tests “conducted according to” established standards. Background The claimant suffered loss of lung function due to his exposure to ...

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

Where a Goodwill driver willfully violated his employer’s known safety rules, he is denied workers’ compensation benefits. Background Appellant was employed by Rappahannock Goodwill. On Oct. 10, 2016, appellant sustained injuries while unloading donated goods from a company truck. Appellant ...

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