The coronavirus outbreak put workers’ compensations hearings on hold, and Richmond attorney Andrew Reinhardt is concerned on how the commission will catch up. “We’re all working remote. The judges, the attorneys on both sides, our parties are remote… It’s a ...

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The claimant suffered a traumatic amputation of his left leg while operating a “debarking” machine at a logging facility on Feb. 23, 2018. The claimant had been released to full duty physically but was still having post-traumatic stress disorder issues ...

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Where claimant’s job required him to dig with a shovel while kneeling, and he injured his knee when he stood up from the kneeling position, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission correctly determined he was required to work in “an unusual ...

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Where plaintiff’s decedent presented at his employer’s dispensary, requested and was denied a blood pressure check, and suffered a fatal heart attack at work a few hours later, jurisdiction over plaintiff’s claim lies with the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission and ...

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Where a brown recluse spider bit claimant while she was at work, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission’s decision to award her benefits is affirmed. Background Beginning in December 2017, the boiler room in the basement of the building where claimant ...

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Where appellant was injured while driving his employer’s truck, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission correctly denied his claim after finding that he willfully failed to wear a seatbelt, and such failure proximately caused his injuries. Background Claimant’s job was to ...

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Where each of claimant’s treating physicians concluded that he could return to work, the workers’ compensation commission correctly terminated his open temporary total disability benefits award. Further, the commission correctly determined the employer was not liable for the costs of ...

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Even though the claimant, a city police officer, received notice of a statute that presumes heart disease is an occupational disease suffered in the line of duty, the statute’s two-year limitation in which to file a claim did not begin ...

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

Where claimant injured his neck and left arm at work, underwent surgery, and fell and injured his knee after he became dizzy from pain medication, he was correctly awarded permanent and total disability compensation under Code § 65.2-503(C). The knee ...

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Where claimant injured his right should in a work-related incident, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission correctly determined that appellant’s subsequent pain in his left shoulder was not a compensable consequence of his initial injury. Contradictory evidence “Claimant argues that the ...

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