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JEWELL RIDGE COAL CORP. v. HENDERSON

Record Nos. 840661, 840664.

329 S.E.2d 48 (1985)

JEWELL RIDGE COAL CORPORATION v. Dr. Tillou HENDERSON, et al. (Two Cases)

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Blair, Abingdon, (Penn, Stuart, Eskridge & Jones, Abingdon, on brief), for appellant in Nos. 840661, 840664.

(T.C. Bowen, Jr.; Bowen & Bowen, Tazewell, on brief), for appellee, Dr. Tillou Henderson. Dr. Henderson submitting on brief. No briefs or arguments for appellees, Dr. E.L. Kirby, William T. Rowe and Jimmy E. Horn.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, and THOMAS, JJ., and GORDON, Retired Justice

CARRICO, Chief Justice.

These are Workers' Compensation cases. In each instance, the Industrial Commission of Virginia denied a request by the employer, Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation, for the referral to a peer review committee of the question whether certain periods of hospitalization of an injured employee were necessary.

Chapter 13 of Title 65.1 of the Code (§§ 65.1-153 to -163), entitled "Peer Review of Medical Costs," provides for the establishment...

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