Waste Management Inc. and Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. v. Arthur W. Coles

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
Present: 	Judges Bumgardner, Kelsey and Senior Judge Hodges
WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. AND
GALLAGHER BASSETT SERVICES, INC.
MEMORANDUM OPINION*
v. 	Record No. 1545-05-2 	PER CURIAM
OCTOBER 18, 2005
ARTHUR W. COLES
FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
(Heather K. Bardot; Trichilo, Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath &
Judkins, P.C., on brief), for appellants.
(Gregory O. Harbison; Geoffrey R. McDonald & Associates, on
brief), for appellee.
Waste Management Inc. and its insurer (hereinafter referred to as “employer”) appeal a
decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission finding that (1) Arthur W. Coles (claimant)
proved that his May 21, 2003 left elbow surgery was causally related to his compensable January
20, 2003 injury by accident; (2) employer failed to prove that claimant was terminated for cause
on October 28, 2003; and (3) claimant proved he remained partially disabled, as a result of his
January 20, 2003 injury by accident, after leaving his job with employer in October 2003 and
that he made reasonable efforts to market his residual work capacity thereafter. We have
reviewed the record and the commission’s opinion and find that this appeal is without merit.
Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the commission in its final opinion. See Coles
v. Waste Management Inc. et. al., VWC File No. 214-67-00 (May 27, 2005). We dispense with
oral argument and summarily affirm because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
* Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.

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presented in the materials before the Court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
See Code § 17.1-403; Rule 5A:27.
Affirmed.