No Benefits for Worker With Inconsistent Accounts of Accident, Delay in Reporting Injury

The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for an alleged back injury. Case: Cecil v. Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co., No. 24-ICA-53, 07/30/2024, unpublished. Facts: Austin Cecil worked for Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co. He allegedly injured his back at work on Sept. 18, 2022. Cecil saw a nurse practitioner four days later and reported low-back pain radiating down his right leg with numbness and tingling that he had been experiencing for three weeks. The nurse practitioner described Cecil’s injury as a “possible herniated d...