MEADE v. CLINCHFIELD COAL COMPANY


205 S.E.2d 410 (1974)

215 Va. 18

Douglas B. MEADE v. CLINCHFIELD COAL COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 10, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Strother Smith, III, Abingdon, J. Hatcher Johnson (Robert Austin Vinyard, Abingdon, Smith, Venable and Associates, Richmond, on brief), for appellant.

J. Thomas Fowlkes, Abingdon (Penn, Stuart & Eskridge, Abingdon, on brief), for appellee.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, HARRISON, HARMAN and POFF, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Here we must decide whether the employer's payment of medical expenses for the employee was a payment of "compensation" which tolled the twelve-month limitation imposed by Code § 65.1-99.

Douglas B. Meade, the employee, was injured on May 16, 1969, while employed by Clinchfield Coal Company. He received compensation for two periods of disability under an agreement filed with and approved by the...

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