Commonwealth/Dept. of Soc. Serv. v. Virginia Tyson ( 1996 )

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
Present: Judges Baker, Elder and Fitzpatrick
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA/
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
MEMORANDUM OPINION *
v. Record No. 0640-96-2 PER CURIAM
JULY 9, 1996
VIRGINIA B. TYSON
FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION
(James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General;
Gregory Lucyk, Senior Assistant Attorney
General; Ingrid Olson, Assistant Attorney
General, on brief), for appellant.
Appellant submitting on brief.
No brief for appellee.
The Department of Social Services contends that the Workers'
Compensation Commission erred in finding that Virginia B. Tyson's
carpal tunnel syndrome 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.