West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the authorization of additional treatment for a worker’s injuries from a mining accident, as well as the expansion of his claim to include additional injuries.
Case: GMS Mine Repair & Maintenance Inc. v. Woodruff, No. 24-ICA-367, 02/28/2025, published.
Facts: Rodney Woodruff worked for GMS Mine Repair & Maintenance Inc. as a miner. His right index finger was caught in a conveyor belt while he was at work on March 20, 2024.
Woodruff went to the hospital, and X-rays of the right index finger revealed a distal phalanx fra...
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