CITY OF SALEM v. COLEGROVE

Record No. 831322.

321 S.E.2d 654 (1984)

CITY OF SALEM, et al. v. Haskel W. COLEGROVE.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary E. Tegenkamp, Roanoke (David B. Hart, Woodward, Fox, Wooten & Hart, P.C., Roanoke, on briefs), for appellants.

Richard M. Thomas, Roanoke (Lichtenstein, Weckstein & Thomas, Roanoke, on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, and THOMAS, JJ.


RUSSELL, Justice.

This worker's compensation appeal raises the question whether the "reasonable and necessary vocational rehabilitation training services" provided for by Code § 65.1-88* include a four-year college course.

Haskel W. Colegrove, the claimant, suffered a serious compensable back injury in 1978 while working as a laborer on a refuse-collecting truck for the City of Salem. The City's insurance carrier paid for...

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