Franklin City PW v. Haywood Riddick ( 1996 )


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  •                     COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
    Present:   Chief Judge Moon, Senior Judges Cole and Duff
    FRANKLIN CITY PUBLIC WORKS
    AND
    VIRGINIA MUNICIPAL GROUP
    SELF-INSURANCE ASSOCIATION                     MEMORANDUM OPINION *
    PER CURIAM
    v.   Record No. 0397-96-3                         JUNE 25, 1996
    HAYWOOD RIDDICK
    FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION
    (Robert A. Rapaport; Lynne M. Ferris; Knight,
    Dudley, Clarke & Dolph, on brief), for
    appellants.
    No brief for appellee.
    Franklin City Public Works and its insurer contend that the
    Workers' Compensation Commission erred in finding that Haywood
    Riddick's hearing loss qualifies as an occupational "disease"
    under the Workers' Compensation Act ("the Act").
    This appeal is controlled by the Supreme Court's decision in
    Stenrich Group v. Jemmott, 
    251 Va. 186
    , 199, 
    467 S.E.2d 795
    , 802
    (1996) (holding that "job-related impairments resulting from
    cumulative trauma caused by repetitive motion, however labeled or
    however defined, are, as a matter of law, not compensable under
    the present provisions of the Act").
    Accordingly, we reverse the commission's decision.
    Reversed.
    *
    Pursuant to Code § 17-116.010 this opinion is not
    designated for publication.
    

Document Info

Docket Number: 0397963

Filed Date: 6/25/1996

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 10/30/2014