Supreme Court Upholds Award to Widow of Worker Killed while Asleep at Hotel

The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits to the widow of an out-of-state construction worker who died from carbon monoxide poisoning while sleeping in his hotel room. Case: Rosciti Construction Co. v. Morgan, No. 14-0398, 11/04/2015, published. Facts: William Moran worked for the Rosciti Construction Co. Rosciti sent him from his home in Rhode Island to West Virginia to perform a job installing fiber optic lines. The company put him up in a Holiday Inn Express on Corridor G while he was working on this job. According to local media reports, a pipe venting a pool heater o...