Court Upholds Finding of Compensability for Worker's Back Injury

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a worker’s back injury. Case: Toyota Motor Manufacturing WV Inc. v. Adkins, No. 24-ICA-181, 10/28/2024, unpublished. Facts: Donnie Adkins worked for Toyota Motor Manufacturing WV Inc. He injured his back at work in May 2022. A computed tomography scan showed moderate spinal canal narrowing at L3-L4 and L4-L5, and moderate to severe neural foraminal narrowing bilaterally at L4-L5 and L5-S1. A magnetic resonance imaging scan showed a right sided L4-L5 disc protrusion with moderate to severe foram...