BRECKENRIDGE v. MARVAL POULTRY CO., INC.

Record No. 830107.

319 S.E.2d 769 (1984)

Leonarda E. BRECKENRIDGE v. MARVAL POULTRY COMPANY, INC., and Employers' Insurance of Wausau.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia H. Butler, Alexandria (Ashcraft & Gerel, Alexandria, on brief), for appellant.

Thomas G. Bell, Jr., Staunton (Timberlake, Smith, Thomas & Moses, P.C., Staunton, on brief), for appellees.

Present All the Justices.


RUSSELL, Justice.

In this worker's compensation appeal, we must determine whether the evidence supports the Industrial Commission's finding that a change of physicians by the claimant was unauthorized by the employer.

Leonarda Breckenridge, the claimant, sustained a compensable injury to her hand as a result of an industrial accident in June 1979. She was treated by a series of physicians, each of whom referred her to the next: Dr. Kidwell, Dr. Hess, Dr. Bell...

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