This employee was treated for injuries due to a workplace fall. Years afterward, she amended her claim for dental damage. How did a court rule?
Dorl Holdren worked as a salesperson for Bon Ton Department Stores in West Virginia. On Jan. 3, 2011, she fell at work. She applied for and received workers’ comp coverage for right eye/head laceration, sprains of both wrists, left knee sprain and left shoulder pain. She received stitches to the right side of her face and was off work for the rest of the week.
Two days after her fall, Holdren saw her dentist. His treatment notes say she had soreness in her jaw while chewing but made no mention of dental injuries due to her recent fall.
