What happens when one injury causes another injury? What if you hurt one side of your body and then something goes wrong on the other side? And what the heck is a “compensable consequence?” We all know what is...
Category: Disability
The Virginia Court of Appeals reviewed conflicting case law to decide whether a layoff would qualify an injured courthouse employee to workers compensation wage loss benefits. The facts of the case are that the claimant, who...
Can I get a permanency rating before I get my hip, knee or shoulder replacement? The short answer is “yes.” Experienced workers compensation lawyer Doug Landau notes that if an injured worker had a leg amputation,...
“Permanent Total Disability” in Workers Compensation Does NOT Require the Loss of Both Legs, But the “Inability to Use Both Legs for Work”
October 25, 2018
Generally, in order to get wage loss benefits BEYOND the 500 week limit, a worker injured in the Commonwealth has to have lost 2 arms, 2 legs, 2 hands, 2 eyes, 2 feet, etc., in the same workplace accident. In a recent appeal...
Repetitive Movements in Workplace Accident/Injury Fail to Qualify for Workers Comp Benefits
October 22, 2018
Under the Virginia Workers Compensation law, an injured worker must be able to identify a particular movement, task or action that caused the onset of her symptoms. “Contrary to what most people think, not every single...