Does Workers’ Compensation Cover Employee Injured Performing a ‘Common Courtesy’? March 19, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson An employee has been awarded workers’ compensation benefits after being injured when performing a “common courtesy” even though her employer...
Injured Employee Loses Evidence Spoliation Bid Over Video Erased by Employer February 11, 2026 A Virginia public school employee must proceed with his workers’ compensation claim appeal without the evidence of a video he...
Rapaport Reappointed as Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commissioner February 2, 2026 The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission reappointed Commissioner Robert A. Rapaport to serve an additional six-year term as a commissioner of...
Willful Misconduct Alone Not Enough to Deny Workers’ Compensation June 27, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson A city of Danville employee is being given another opportunity to gain workers’ compensation benefits after a deputy commissioner denied...
People Moves: Virginia’s Workers’ Comp Commission Names Two Deputy Judges April 25, 2025 The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission Names Two New Deputy Commissioners The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (VWCC) has named two new...
Employee Whiffs on Workers Compensation Claim for TopGolf Injury March 19, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson An employee who claims he injured his knee while swinging a club during an employer-sponsored TopGolf event has failed to...
Frito-Lay Employee’s Injury in Hoops Tourney Ruled Out of Bounds for Workers Comp March 5, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson A forklift driver for Frito-Lay who injured his achilles tendon playing in a company basketball game is not covered by...
County Trash Collector’s Workers’ Compensation Claim Thrown Out February 21, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson When the garbage truck stopped, the worker stepped down from the metal step on the back of the truck to...
‘Old School’ Job Search Benefits Injured Worker in Lost Wages Claim February 7, 2025 A manufacturer and its workers compensation insurer thought an injured 60-year old service technician employee did not work hard enough...
Injured While ‘Simply Walking’ Not Covered by Workers’ Compensation January 8, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson Not all accidents are compensable merely because they happen at work, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) reminded in denying...