Court Upholds Authorization of Nerve Blocks for Worker's Back Injury

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the authorization of bilateral medial branch nerve blocks for a worker’s back injury. Case: Blackhawk Mining LLC v. Argabright, No. 24-ICA-311, 02/28/2025, published. Facts and procedural history: Harris Argabright worked for Blackhawk Mining LLC. He suffered injuries to his back and pelvis while at work in February 2021. Argabright underwent a lumbar spine X-ray the day after his accident. The results revealed no acute lumbar spine abnormality, mild grade 1 retrolisthesis of L3 on L4 with mild L3-L4 disc space narro...