Worker Should Get Benefits for Back Injury Despite Delay in Reporting

A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a school district employee was entitled to benefits for a back injury she sustained while attending a conference despite her delay in reporting the injury to her employer. Case: Whipple v. EMS Inc., No. 17-0516, 01/25/2018, published. Facts: Barbara Whipple worked for Elkins Mountain Schools. In April 2016, she attended a three-day work conference in Charleston, West Virginia. Whipple allegedly suffered an injury to her low back while tugging on her suitcase in the parking garage as she arrived for the conference. She attended all of th...