In light of the pro se claimant’s many procedural errors, the Court of Appeals finds no merit in his appeal of a denial of his claims for wage loss benefits, disfigurement and medical expenses. Claimant’s opening brief fails to include ...

Tagged with: Per Curiam Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

The Court of Appeals remands for clarification the commission’s award of interest to employee; Va. Code § 65.1-1203(A)(2) requires that the commission must specifically order payment by the Uninsured Employer’s Fund, and the Fund is a subrogee not a successor ...

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

The Court of Appeals affirms the decision of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission awarding permanent partial disability benefits to an employee who claimed permanent partial disability benefits within 36 months as required by Va. Code § 65.2-708;  evidence supporting a ...

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

Although claimant’s hand surgery for rheumatoid arthritis was unrelated to her work-related wrist fracture, employer is liable for the cost of her hand surgery under the doctrine of imposition, the Court of Appeals says, as the representative for employer’s workers’ ...

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

A majority of the Court of Appeals affirms the commission’s denial of benefits to a teacher who injured her right knee rushing to the classroom of an autistic student who could not be left alone, as teacher failed to prove ...

Tagged with: Judge Walter S. Felton Jr. Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

The Court of Appeals says a claimant who injured her back working at Starbucks and who attempted light-duty employment elsewhere before attending community college full-time cannot have her workers’ comp benefits terminated on the ground that she had abandoned the ...

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

Due to claimant’s numerous procedural defaults, the Court of Appeals affirms a judgment denying workers’ comp benefits to a claimant who alleged ongoing lumbar and cervical complaints the commission said are not related to a work accident; the court agrees ...

Tagged with: Per Curiam Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

An enlisted seaman, who was part of a Navy crew to pre-commission a nuclear submarine built by defendant shipbuilding company and who allegedly contracted mesothelioma from asbestos exposure, is not barred by the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act from pursuing a ...

Tagged with: Justice Charles S. Russell Supreme Court of Virginia Workers' Compensation

A judge has approved the largest reported workers’ compensation settlement in Virginia, a package that coordinates ongoing social security benefits, a Medicare set-aside fund and a special needs trust to care for a young former worker who will need lifetime ...

Tagged with: Million-Dollar Settlements Workers' Compensation

A woman who alleges a coworker grabbed her breasts as they were discussing whether he would become her supervisor has alleged an injury that arose out of her employment, and the Norfolk Circuit Court sustains employer’s plea in bar to ...

Tagged with: Judge Junius P. Fulton III Norfolk Circuit Court Virginia Circuit Courts Workers' Compensation