Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Denial of Coal Miner's Request to Reopen Claim

The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the denial of a coal miner’s request to reopen his claim for additional permanent partial disability. Case: Boyko v. Blue Creek Mining LLC, No. 21-0123, 04/20/2022, published. Facts: William Boyko worked for Blue Creek Mining LLC as a coal miner. He injured his lower back and left knee in November 2015 while carrying wooden track ties and rolling steel rails at work. Boyko was diagnosed with a bilateral occupational knee injury, but no specific diagnosis was given. A magnetic resonance imaging scan taken in January 2016 showed h...