The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the calculation of a worker’s whole-person impairment for an ankle injury.

Case: Musick v. Truline General Contracting Inc., No.

A former U.S. Postal Service employee pleaded guilty to making false statements to receive more than $100,000 in workers’ compensation benefits, the U.S. Attorney’s Office

The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of benefits to a nurse for her alleged back injuries from lifting a patient.

Case: Martin v. American

The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to an additional permanent partial disability award for his knee injury.

Case: Saunders

A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award for occupational pneumoconiosis.