A correctional officer who complained of knee pain and difficulty walking after a workplace physical defensive safety training session is entitled to medical benefits for her torn meniscus; the Court of Appeals rejects employer’s contention that her injury resulted from ...

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

A Victoria’s Secret employee who fell from the top of a five-foot ladder while restocking lingerie, who reported back and hip pain to her primary care doctor three weeks before her fall, but repeatedly told employer she had not suffered ...

Tagged with: Judge Robert J. Humphreys Unpublished Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

The Court of Appeals affirms an award of lifetime wage benefits to a mine worker diagnosed with pneumoconiosis pursuant to Va. Code § 65.2-504(A)(4), rejecting employer’s contention that the claim for benefits was time-barred because of claimant’s 1987 diagnosis.   Regarding ...

Tagged with: Judge Wesley G. Russell Jr. Unpublished Opinion Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

Claimant was injured at work pushing a large dumpster in two separate inci­dents in 2002 and 2003. He underwent five surgeries. He entered into a permanent and total disability award in 2012. He takes several daily medications, uses a wheelchair ...

Tagged with: Brooke Anne Hunter Million-Dollar Settlements Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission Workers' Compensation

A claimant’s testimony and medical record were sufficient to establish that her authorized treating physician for her original 1977 back injury referred her to another doctor in the same practice group for a later work injury to her knee that ...

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

A school guidance counselor injured in a compensable car accident cannot overturn a commission decision enforcing a termination agreement and denying her request for benefits and penalties pursuant to a June 2005 workers’ compensation award. Forms not entered In January 2006, the ...

Tagged with: Judge Mary Grace O'Brien Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

The commission did not err in concluding employer was entitled to a credit of only $363.16 for overpayments made to claimant, a 51-year-old bakery manager at appellant wholesale club who received lifetime medical benefits. A divided commission held that employer ...

Tagged with: Judge Rudolph Bumgardner III Virginia Court of Appeals Workers' Compensation

The commission did not err in holding that claimant did not sufficiently market his residual capacity for work during his light-duty status with United Parcel Service after knee-replacement surgery, the Court of Appeals holds. The record establishes that claimant’s doctor ...

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

The Court of Appeals affirms a commission decision denying a workers’ comp claimant a cost of living adjustment under Va. Code § 65.2-709, as claimant already is receiving 100 percent of her pre-injury average weekly wage. Entitlement to COLA supplements ...

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

A claimant who had been driving a school bus for 30 years and who injured her right hand and right knee when she tripped over a bus wheelchair lift that did not lower completely showed that she reasonably marketed her ...

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