Court Upholds 12% PPD Award for Worker's Back Injury

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 12% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s back injury. Case: Pineville Furniture & Appliance Co. Inc. v. Laxton, No. 25-ICA-34, 08/06/2025, published. Facts: Glen Laxton worked for Pineville Furniture & Appliance Co. Inc. He filed a workers’ compensation claim for a back injury from a fall in January 2016. Laxton underwent a magnetic resonance imaging scan of his lumbar spine in February 2016, which revealed a small right lateral disc protrusion partially compressing the right L5 nerve root, degener...