Charleston, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Inconsistencies in an employee's story about how they hurt themselves can spell the end of a workers' compensation claim. As a recent West Virginia case shows, just because a worker fell […]

Charleston, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When an administrative decision goes up on appeal to a court, it may be the case that the court will want the lower bodies to show their work, in a manner […]

Frankfort, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Throughout the coal belt in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia, “there’s an unacceptably large number of younger miners who have end-stage black lung disease and the only choice is to get […]

Follansbee, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) – When an employee dies at work with no witnesses, it can become challenging to determine whether his death was work-related. But as one case shows, sometimes the outcome is dictated by […]

Triadelphia, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) – It may be clear in a worker’s mind where and why she developed carpal tunnel syndrome. But what if the worker has other conditions that, aside from her work activities, could […]

Charleston, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What happens in West Virginia when a doctor thinks an injured worker needs a second MRI, but the claims administrator disagrees? If Stewart v. Wolseley Investments Inc., No. 22-0215 (W. Va. […]

Charleston, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Whether medication is necessary is a medical decision, but for workers' compensation purposes, it is also a legal question, often with a court having the final say. For example, in Becca […]

Benwood, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) – When there’s reason to suspect a worker’s injury report is more akin to a work of fiction, it helps to have witnesses’ statements that were created on the day of or […]