Supreme Court Majority Blocks Additional TTD for Housekeeper With Back Injury

A majority of the West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a housekeeper is not entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits even though she never returned to work following back surgery and the implantation of a spinal cord stimulator. Case: Estep v. Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, No. 19-0600, 09/15/2020, published. Facts: Joan Estep worked for the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center as a housekeeper. In April 2016, she filed a report of injury indicating she had developed sacroiliitis from repeatedly lifting linen bags. A claims’ administrator for the medical center...