West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an authorization of injections and surgery for a worker’s back injury.
Case: ICG Beckley v. Davis, No. 24-ICA-300, 12/23/2024, published.
Facts and procedural history: Arthur Davis worked for ICG Beckley as a scoop operator. He injured his back at work in July 2021.
A claims administrator for ICG’s insurance carrier accepted liability for a lumbar sprain.
A magnetic resonance imaging scan in August 2021 revealed that Davis had a broad-based posterior protrusion at L5-S1 along with osteophytes and ligamentous thickening ...
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