Split Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Request to Expand Claim

A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits for a back injury, and that she was not entitled to expand her claim to include the degenerative conditions affecting her spine. Case: Rhodes v. Reynolds Memorial Hospital, No. 17-0544, 12/19/2017, published. Facts: Bonnie S. Rhodes worked for Reynolds Memorial Hospital as a nurse’s assistant. She injured her back in February 2014 while lifting a patient. She sought treatment that day and was diagnosed with a lumbar strain. A claims adjuster for the hospita...