The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an increase in a worker’s permanent partial disability award for his injuries from being struck by a falling rock.
Case: Blackhawk Mining Inc. v. Norman, No. 24-296, 02/11/2025, published.
Facts: Eddie Norman worked for Blackhawk Mining Inc. A rock fell from the roof of a mine and struck Norman while he was at work in December 2021.
Norman underwent a magnetic resonance imaging scan the day of the accident. It revealed an L1 burst fracture with the posterior fracture fragment displaced 6 millimeters into the spinal canal.
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