Wampler-Longacre v. Shirley M. Young ( 1996 )

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
Present: Chief Judge Moon, Senior Judges Cole and Duff
WAMPLER-LONGACRE, INC.
AND
PACIFIC EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY MEMORANDUM OPINION *
PER CURIAM
v. Record No. 0449-96-3 JUNE 18, 1996
SHIRLEY M. YOUNG
FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION
(Cathleen P. Welsh; Wharton, Aldhizer &
Weaver, on brief), for appellants.
(A. Thomas Lane, Jr., on brief), for
appellee.
Wampler-Longacre, Inc. and its insurer contend that the
Workers' Compensation Commission erred in finding that Shirley M.
Young's left trigger thumb qualifies as an occupational "disease"
under the Workers' Compensation Act.
This appeal is controlled by the Supreme Court's decision in
Stenrich Group v. Jemmott, ___ Va. ___, ___, 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.