Restaurant Worker Not Entitled to Expand Scope of Claim for Back Injury

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a restaurant worker was not entitled to expand the scope of her claim for a back injury. Case: Casto v. Peppermint Creek LLC, No. 24-ICA-480, 08/29/2025, published. Facts: Cari Casto worked for Peppermint Creek LLC, managing a restaurant. She filed a workers’ compensation claim, asserting that she had injured her back at work in November 2020. The physicians’ section of the claim form, completed at Jackson General Hospital on the day of the injury, listed the diagnoses of lumbar strain and lumba...