WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CASE WATCH
In Handel v. Alexandria City Public Schools, (October 15, 2020) the Supreme Court of Virginia found that the Court of Appeals incorrectly applied and defined the legal requirement of an “obvious sudden mechanical or structural change in the body.”
The claimant, a teacher, slipped on a puddle on her classroom floor. She landed on her right side, alleging injuries to several body parts. The parties agreed that the claimant sustained several injuries in the fall, but