The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a back injury based on her lack of credibility.
Case: Dix v. Justice Family Group LLC, No. 21-0734, 09/14/2023, published.
Facts: Angelina M. Dix worked as a barback. In July 2020 she saw a nurse practitioner and reported that she had pain shooting up and down her legs after working 10-to-12-hour shifts, five to six days per week.
She was diagnosed with venous peripheral insufficiency, bilateral lower extremity edema and low-back pain with radiculopathy affecting the legs. An X-ray showed chronic changes in...
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