The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the provision of additional treatment to a worker for his back injury.
Case: ACNR Resources Inc. v. Murphy. No. 24-3, 01/14/2025, published.
Facts: Robert Murphy worked for ACNR Resources Inc. He experienced a sudden onset of radiating low-back pain in April 2021 while carrying a pipe at work.
Before this incident, Murphy had sustained a compensable low-back injury in 1983. He underwent back surgery in 1984 and again in 1986. Murphy suffered a second compensable low-back injury in 1987 as well.
Murphy went to the hospital two days after the onset of h...
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