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SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Virginia Case Summary Howard v. WMATA Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission VA02000038634 Decided July 19, 2023 When a Metro employee was injured while riding a Metro bus from a depot to the first stop of the day, he was in the course of his employment and his accident was compensable. Background Claimant worked… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Washington, DC Case Summary LaPrince v. Comcast Corp. DC CRB No. 23-013 Decided May 18, 2023. DC Code §32-1505(b) bars entitlement to additional payment of TTD and PPD scheduled member benefits where Claimant sought payment of those benefits more than three years after the last payment of compensation. Background Claimant sustained a… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES West Virginia Case Summary Thompson v. Western Construction, Inc. Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia No. 23-ICA-26 Decided June 15, 2023 A claimant, despite being terminated, is eligible for a higher compensation rate provided by West Virginia Code §23-4-6(e)(2) because the term “employee” in the statute includes individuals injured while employed,… read more

TT&H attorneys Evan Jenkins and Lee Ann Rhodes prevailed on multiple petitions, most notably a Termination Petition, successfully arguing that the Claimant had fully recovered from a work-related concussion and traumatic brain injury. The Claimant used multiple medical expert witnesses, but the judge credited the Defendant’s neurologist, who had “superior” credentials. The judge also accepted… read more

TT&H’s Burke McLemore recently prevailed on appeal in a complex workers’ compensation coverage dispute.  The claim involved serious, permanent injuries to an employee of a cable installer. TT&H represented the carrier which had previously provided workers’ compensation coverage.  Carrier was alleged to have provided coverage for the cable installer, but carrier replied that coverage lapsed… read more