West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an increase in a worker’s permanent partial disability award for a broken leg.
Case: Blackhawk Mining LLC v. Weis, No. 25-ICA-32, 10/24/2025, published.
Facts: Christian Weis worked for Blackhawk Mining LLC. He filed a workers’ compensation claim for an injury to his left leg, which occurred on Oct. 5, 2022.
Weis said he was driving a truck and came around a corner, hit another vehicle and became pinned inside the cab.
On Oct. 6, 2022, Weis underwent an open reduction internal fixation of the left tibia.
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