WINEGAR v. INTERN. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH

Record No. 0312-85.

337 S.E.2d 760 (1985)

Dora Lee WINEGAR v. INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH and Pacific Employers Insurance Company.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Decided December 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Thomas (Lichtenstein, Weckstein & Thomas, Roanoke, on briefs), for appellant.

Linda Davis Frith (Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke, on brief), for appellees.

Present: KOONTZ, C.J., and Judges BAKER and MOON, JJ.


MOON, Judge.

Dora Lee Winegar appeals a decision of the Industrial Commission denying her compensation upon a finding that her injury was the result of an idiopathic fall not arising out of her employment. Mrs. Winegar claims that her fall was unexplained and, therefore, is presumed to arise out of her employment. We disagree because the evidence shows that the fall was idiopathic, resulting from Mrs. Winegar fainting. For this reason, we affirm.

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