West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award due to the worsening of his occupational pneumoconiosis.
Case: Cliffs Logan County Coal LLC v. White, No. 25-ICA-250, 12/04/2025, published.
Facts: Forrest White worked for 24 years as an underground coal miner, surface coal miner, fabricator, welder and processing plant worker. All jobs exposed him to occupational dust hazards.
White underwent a computed tomography scan of his chest in July 2020. Dr. Timothy Vanhoose found perip...
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