A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a coal miner was not entitled to additional vocational rehabilitation services despite his inability to find a new job using his computer training certificate.
Case: Vinesky v. Murray American Energy Inc., No. 19-1053, 12/11/2020, published.
Facts and procedural history: John Vinesky worked as a coal miner. He injured his left knee at work in April 2015.
Vinesky underwent a functional capacity evaluation in April 2016. He had some minimal range of motion and strength deficits in the left knee but was mainly limited by pain with weight-be...
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