R & T INVESTMENTS, LTD. v. JOHNS

Record No. 831442.

321 S.E.2d 287 (1984)

R & T INVESTMENTS, LTD., et al. v. Gladys May JOHNS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Alvernon Smith, Jr., Richmond (Samuel Baronian, Jr., Smith, Blank, Isaacs & Hinton, Richmond, on brief), for appellants.

Milton P. Miller, Richmond, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


COMPTON, Justice.

In order to establish a compensable injury under the Workers' Compensation Act, a claimant must show that the injury was the result of an accident "arising out of and in the course of the employment...." Code § 65.1-7. The sole question in this appeal is whether the injury arose out of the employment.

On December 15, 1981, appellee Gladys May Johns was injured during a bank robbery in Richmond. At the time, the claimant, age 64, was...

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