Southtech, Inc., et al. v Allison Davis

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COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA

Present: Chief Judge Moon, Senior Judges Cole and Duff

SOUTHTECH, INC.
AND
YASUDA FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF AMERICA
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Vv. Record No. 2602-95-2 PER CURIAM
MARCH 19, 1996
ALLISON DAVIS

FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS '
COMPENSATION COMMISSION

(William C. Walker; Bradford C. Jacob; Taylor &
Walker, on brief), for appellants.

(B. Mayes Marks, Jr., on brief), for appellee.

Southtech, Inc. and its insurer contend that the Workers'
Compensation Commission erred in finding that Allison Davis'
bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome qualifies as a compensable
occupational disease within the meaning of "disease" under the
Workers' Compensation Act ("the Act").

This appeal is controlled by the Supreme Court's decision in

Stenrich Group v. Jemmott, Va. , 1 S.E.2d ;

(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.

"Pursuant to Code § 17-116.010 this opinion is not
designated for publication.

Reversed.
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