Split Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Treatment for Worker's Neck Injury

A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to medical treatment for her neck, since her condition was not compensable. Case: Habig v. Eagle Natrium, No. 17-0151, 11/07/2017, published. Facts: Danyel K. Habig worked for Eagle Natrium. She received medical treatment at her workplace after being struck in the head by a heavy piece of copper in September 2014.  The day after the accident, Habig went to the Barnesville Hospital emergency room with complaints of headache and nausea, but no complaints of neck pain. She underwent a computerized tomography ...