Court Upholds PPD Award for Worker's Knee Injury

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits for a worker’s knee injury. Case: XMV Inc. v. Ayers, No. 25-ICA-128, 09/30/2025, published. Facts: Frederick Ayers worked for XMV Inc. He filed a workers’ compensation claim, asserting that he had injured his right knee in September 2020. Ayers underwent a magnetic resonance imaging scan in October 2020, which revealed extensive tearing of the medial meniscus; a medial tear of the free edge of the posterior horn of the lateral meniscus; extensive cartilage loss in the med...