A hospice nurse injured in a work-related auto accident wins costs of medical treatment in this decision from the Court of Appeals. Claimant testified that she never, before the work accident, had the type of pain in her right hip ...

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

A plumber did not unjustifiably refuse an offer of light-duty clerical work, which he tried and left because of back pain, and which required a commute of 60 to 90 minutes, when claimant’s physician listed a driving restriction of 30 ...

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

A claimant who first applied for permanent partial disability benefits for injury to his left knee and left ankle from a work-related auto accident is not barred by res judicata or collateral estoppel from seeking a second award for permanent ...

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

The injured worker was a 40-year-old undocumented alien who worked evenings cleaning office buildings in Northern Virginia. At the time of the accident, the claimant had an average weekly wage of $323, and therefore qualified for a $215 compensation rate. ...

Tagged with: ADR Million-Dollar Settlements Workers' Compensation

An employer’s claim that it continued to pay a resort housekeeper at or above her workers’ comp rate after she returned to light-duty work does not relieve the employer of additional payments on claimant’s award; the commission erred in concluding ...

Tagged with: Judge Larry G. Elder Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

A claimant’s complaint to her supervisor that she continued to suffer worsening pain from her on-the-job injury and the supervisor’s response that he would get in touch about her seeing a doctor, supported her contention that she consulted with employer ...

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

A 50-year-old stockroom employee who suffered a work-related spinal injury is entitled to temporary total disability benefits, the Court of Appeals says, based on her treating orthopedic surgeon’s opinion that the employee’s continued pain and decreased sensation in her lower ...

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

The Court of Appeals affirms a workers’ comp award to an employee who suffered a work-related crushing injury to his right arm and who continued to have post-surgical pain in his right shoulder and an apparent reflux sympathetic dystrophy in ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert P. Frank Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

The commission erred in denying employer’s request for a hearing on its claim that employee filed his claim for benefits after the statute of limitations had run, and the Court of Appeals reverses and remand for a hearing on this ...

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

A claimant who fell on icy ground as she returned from her unpaid lunch hour, exited the public street and walked past employer’s electronic card reader and gate that controlled access to the building’s paved driveway and underground garage, was ...

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