Hospital Employee Gets Benefits for Injuries from Fall While Walking Into Workplace

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a hospital employee for her injury from a fall as she was walking into her workplace. Case: West Virginia United Health System Inc. v. Best, No. 26-ICA-63, 08/27/2026, published. Facts: Tina Best worked for the West Virginia United Health System Inc. She filed a workers’ compensation claim asserting she had injured her left knee when she fell while walking into work at Potomac Valley Hospital in September 2025. Best went to the emergency department, where she was diagnosed with an occupational injury to...