Court Upholds TTD for Worker Knocked From Ladder by Falling Object

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of additional temporary total disability benefits for a worker. Case: Marshall County Coal Resources v. Kessler, No. 25-ICA-480, 06/02/2026, published. Facts: Joshua Kessler worked for Marshall County Coal Resources. He suffered injuries in February 2024 when a concrete block wall that he was building fell, and a block struck him in the head and knocked him off a 4-foot ladder. Kessler was taken to the hospital, where he denied loss of consciousness, denied neck or back pain and denied any other injury. A computed tom...