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MARVAL POULTRY CO., INC. v. JOHNSON

Record No. 811997.

299 S.E.2d 343 (1983)

MARVAL POULTRY COMPANY, INC., et al. v. Guy JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 21, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Bruce Wallinger, Harrisonburg (Douglas L. Guynn, Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver, Harrisonburg, on brief), for appellants.

Barry A. Stiefel, Alexandria (Ashcraft & Gerel, Alexandria, on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON, and STEPHENSON, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.

COCHRAN, Justice.

The question presented in this appeal is whether an employee, assigned to a selected work status after suffering a work-related injury, is entitled to benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act when he is discharged by his employer for dishonesty.

In November of 1980, about one week after he was first employed by Marval Poultry Company, Inc., Guy Johnson suffered a work-related injury diagnosed as tendinitis. By agreement with Marval and...

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