Bruce D. Angeli v. Mountain Mission, Inc.

Summary

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals affirmed the Board of Review’s decision rejecting Bruce D. Angeli’s workers’ compensation claim. The court concluded that the evidence did not establish that Angeli sustained a compensable back injury in the course of his employment on June 6, 2014. The court issued the decision as a memorandum decision under Rule 21 of the West Virginia Rules of Appellate Procedure.

Holdings

1. Angeli failed to establish that a compensable injury occurred in the course of his employment.
2. The Board of Review's decision was not in clear violation of a constitutional or statutory provision, was not clearly the result of erroneous conclusions of law, and was not based on a material misstatement or mischaracterization of the evidentiary record.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the evidence established that Angeli sustained a compensable injury in the course of his employment on June 6, 2014.
2. Whether the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review's affirmance of the claim rejection was clearly erroneous, legally erroneous, constitutionally infirm, or based on a material misstatement or mischaracterization of the evidentiary record.

Disposition

affirmed