The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured custodian was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award based on a minor change in his condition.
Case: Goodson v. Fayette County Board of Education, No. 21-0781, 06/13/2023, published.
Facts: Samuel Goodson worked for the Fayette County Board of Education as a custodian. He injured his knee in a fall at work in September 2014.
Goodson had a history of right knee pain before this incident.
In October 2015, Dr. Robert Walker assigned Goodson an 8% permanent impairment rating but apportioned 4% to t...
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