Eastern State Hospital/Commonwealth of Virginia v. Sarah Elizabeth Johnson

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
Present: 	Judge McClanahan, Senior Judge Willis and Retired Judge Overton *
EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL/
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
MEMORANDUM OPINION**
v. 	Record No. 1073-06-2 	PER CURIAM
SEPTEMBER 12, 2006
SARAH ELIZABETH JOHNSON
FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
(Robert F. McDonnell, Attorney General; Maureen Riley Matsen,
Deputy Attorney General; Peter R. Messitt, Senior Assistant
Attorney General; Scott John Fitzgerald, Senior Assistant Attorney
General, on brief), for appellant.
(Lorraine Byrd D’Angelo; Rutter Mills, L.L.P., on brief), for
appellee.
Eastern State Hospital/Commonwealth of Virginia (employer) appeals a decision of the
Workers’ Compensation Commission finding that Sarah Elizabeth Johnson (claimant) was
entitled to (1) an award of temporary partial disability (TPD) benefits from October 26, 2004
through January 19, 2005; and (2) an award of TPD benefits beginning May 24, 2005 and
continuing.
With respect to employer’s first question presented, claimant concedes the commission
made a “mistake” in awarding her TPD benefits from October 26, 2004 through January 19,
2005, rather than from October 26, 2004 through December 19, 2004, as agreed to by the parties
and awarded by the deputy commissioner pursuant to her corrected August 5, 2005 opinion.
* Retired Judge Overton took part in the consideration of this case by designation
pursuant to Code § 17.1-400(D).
** Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.

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Accordingly, we remand this case to the commission for the sole purpose of correcting the
clerical error in its award to reflect that claimant is entitled to TPD benefits from October 26,
2004 through December 19, 2004, rather than from October 26, 2004 through January 19, 2005.
With respect to employer’s second question presented, 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 Johnson v. Eastern State
Hosp./Commonwealth of Virginia, VWC File No. 207-14-62 (Mar. 24, 2006). We dispense with
oral argument and summarily affirm because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
presented in the materials before the Court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
See Code § 17.1-403; Rule 5A:27.
Affirmed and remanded.