Supreme Court Upholds Worker's 5% PPD Award

The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that an injured worker was entitled to only a 5% permanent partial disability award. Case: Blankenship v. Mullican Flooring LP, No. 24-781, 07/28/2025, published. Facts: Jimmy R. Blankenship went to the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in 2016 and reported an injury to his right shoulder and neck. A computed tomography scan performed that year revealed advanced degenerative changes with spinal stenosis and small central disc herniations at C3-C4 and C4-C5, a small right paramedian disc herniation at C5-C6, significant osteophytic encroa...