Supreme Court Upholds Authorization for MRI

The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the authorization of an updated magnetic resonance imaging scan of a worker’s lumbar spine. Case: Blackhawk Mining LLC v. Argabright, No. 25-105, 07/28/2025, published. Facts and procedural history: Harris Argabright worked for Blackhawk Mining as an electrician. He filed a workers’ compensation claim, asserting that he had suffered injuries to his back and pelvic area at work on Feb. 25, 2021. An X-ray taken on Feb. 26, 2021, revealed no acute lumbar spine abnormality; minimal grade 1 retrolisthesis of L3 on L4 with mild L3-4 disc spa...