West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to benefits for a back injury, and that he was entitled to a magnetic resonance imaging scan as treatment for his injury.
Case: Mingo Logan Coal LLC v. Ray, No. 24-ICA-246, 10/28/2024, published.
Facts: Bradley Ray worked for Mingo Logan Coal LLC. He allegedly injured his back at work in January 2023.
A chiropractor diagnosed Ray with a sprain of lumbar ligaments, radiculopathy and a probable disc injury.
A computed tomography scan revealed a disc bulge/osteophyte complex at L5-S1. An MRI showed...
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