He Saved the Chocolates But Lost His Workers’ Compensation Insurance January 1, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson An employee who was injured when rescuing chocolate candies from the heat in his employer-owned delivery truck is not due...
Amazon Worker Injured Due to Repetitive Tasks Loses Workers’ Compensation Bid July 17, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson An Amazon distribution center worker in Virginia whose job entailed repetitive lifting and stowing of items all day and who...
Marshall Elected Chair of Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission July 2, 2024 Wesley G. Marshall has been elected to a three-year term as chairman of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (VWC), effective...
No Workers’ Comp for Employee Injured When Vehicle Crashed Through Her Office Wall June 28, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson An employee at the Virginia Department of Health who was seriously injured when a vehicle crashed through the wall of...
Driver Who Blamed Injury on Rushing to Finish Schedule Fails to Deliver Evidence June 21, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A delivery driver failed to convince her employer or the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commissioner (VWCC) that she injured her knee...
Employee Who Was Trapped in Elevator Denied Workers’ Compensation Benefits June 13, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A health insurance company employee who was trapped in an elevator for about 30 minutes has been denied workers’ compensation...
Coming and Going, Extended Premises Rules Don’t Help Employee Injured on Crosswalk March 25, 2024 An employee of a diagnostics firm in Virginia who was injured when she fell on a crosswalk on her way...
Employee Wins Workers’ Compensation Under Exception to ‘Coming-and-Going’ Bar February 27, 2024 An exception to the workers’ compensation “coming-and-going” rule applies where the employer provides the transportation even if the employer says...
How Worker Won Workers’ Compensation for Mental Health Care After Car Crash Injury February 15, 2024 A Virginia employer cannot assert that an injury is unrelated to a workplace accident while also arguing that the medical...
People Moves: Schaninger Joins Arthur Hall; Virginia Reappoints WC Commissioner Marshall February 6, 2024 Arthur Hall Insurance, headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania, named Mike Schaninger its small business unit (SBU) team lead and account...