Widow of Worker With Leukemia Gets Award of Death Benefits

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to the widow of a worker suffering from chronic myelomonocytic leukemia before contracting COVID-19 and dying. Case: PPG Industries Inc. v. Wells, No. 24-ICA-120, 09/04/2024, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: David Wells worked for PPG Industries Inc. from 1966 through 2001. In 2016, he was diagnosed with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia. Wells filed an occupational disease claim alleging that he developed his cancer as a result of his workplace exposures to benzene. A claims administrator for PPG&rsquo...