If the period of disability does not last longer than three days from the day the employee leaves work as the result of the injury, no award shall be allowed, except the disbursements provided for in the two next preceding sections, but if the period of disability lasts longer than seven days from the day the employee leaves work as a result of the injury, an award shall be allowed for the first three days of such disability.
W. Va. Code § 23-4-5
Benefits for first three days after injury
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Bevins v. OFFICE OF INS. COM'R (2010)
Most recently applied in 227 W. Va. 315 - Bevins v. West Virginia Office of Insurance Commissioner (October 2010)
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.