Court Upholds Finding of Compensable Neck Injury

The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker’s neck injury was compensable. Case: E.G. Middleton Inc. v. Spry, No. 1659-24-1, 10/28/2025, unpublished. Facts: Robert Spry worked for E.G. Middleton Inc. as a journeyman electrician. In December 2019, Spry and his apprentice installed several electrical control boxes above a 12-foot ceiling in a room that was 40 feet long and 15 feet wide.  Spry returned to the room the next day to verify that the control boxes had been “wired up,” and he inspected them through the room’s ceiling grid. Spry cou...