Denial of Benefits for Nurse's Parking Lot Fall Overturned

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a denial of benefits for a nurse injured in a fall in her employer’s parking lot as she was returning from her lunch break. Case: Perrine v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services, No. 25-ICA-232, 02/03/2026, published. Facts: Lisa Perrine worked for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services as a nurse. She went to the hospital in June 2024 and reported left wrist pain after a fall. X-rays showed a distal radius fracture and a distal end of ulnar fracture. Perrine filed a workers&r...