SARGENT ELEC. CO. v. WOODALL

Record No. 831292.

323 S.E.2d 102 (1984)

SARGENT ELECTRIC COMPANY, et al. v. John W. WOODALL.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin J. Trichilo, Fairfax (Lewis & Trichilo, Fairfax, on briefs), for appellants.

J. Hunt Brasfield, Alexandria (Ashcraft & Gerel, Alexandria, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


POFF, Justice.

The principal issue in this worker's compensation case is whether the amended version of Rule 13 of the Industrial Commission may be applied retrospectively.1

On October 20, 1977, John Woodall suffered a cervical sprain when he was assaulted by a fellow employee of Sargent Electric Company. At that time Woodall was earning an average weekly wage of $503.00 ($26,161.70 annually). Sargent's insurance carrier, Insurance...

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