On Sept. 21, 2000, Jacob Steele was struck in the head by a large bilge pump while performing construction work. This was his first job after graduating from high school, and at the time of the accident, he was three ...

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A Fairfax Circuit Court dismisses a personal injury suit filed by the estate of an employee who died in a car accident with his coworker, against the coworker and the employer, in light of the recent Supreme Court decision in ...

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A school board employee’s application for a change in condition was timely filed and the Supreme Court of Virginia affirms the judgment of the Court of Appeals based on the reasoning in that court’s 2011 decision in this case. Prince ...

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BALTIMORE, MD — Former Washington Redskins punter Tom Tupa can collect workers’ compensation benefits in Maryland for a career-ending back injury that occurred at FedEx field during warm-ups before a preseason game in August 2005, the Court of Appeals held ...

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The Court of Appeals reverses an award of workers’ comp benefits to a nurse who injured her hand reaching inside her handbag for a favorite pen; as a matter of law, the nurse’s handbag is not a risk peculiar to ...

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An undocumented worker fell from a scaffold in January 1998. He suffered a spinal cord injury which rendered him a paraplegic. The case was accepted as compensable and medicals and indemnity were paid pursuant to an award. After one year, ...

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By Peter Vieth A Newport News judge agreed to drop heavy sanctions against a major railroad in a recent employee injury lawsuit after the railroad settled the worker’s claim. The case highlights conflicting public policy issues involved when litigants contend ...

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A lawyer who worked to settle an employee’s comp case thought he should get a 20 percent fee, but he had to settle for 5 percent when the case settled for $100,000 after the claimant fired the lawyer. Senad Sabic ...

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A school social worker who tripped over a “small gold-colored threshold” connected to a tile surface at the entrance to a school’s copy room is not entitled to workers’ comp benefits, as the Court of Appeals upholds the commission decision ...

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Getting punched out on the job may be an occupational hazard for a club doorman, so it’s good to know workers’ comp can cover the dental expenses. Joshua Mays won medical benefits for injuries to his front teeth and jaw ...

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