CHESAPEAKE MASONRY CORP. v. WIGGINGTON

Record No. 832029.

327 S.E.2d 121 (1985)

CHESAPEAKE MASONRY CORPORATION and North River Insurance Company v. Junior R. WIGGINGTON.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Louise Kramer, Richmond (Ralph L. Whitt, Jr., Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, Richmond, on briefs), for appellants.

Stephen M. Smith, Hampton (Joseph Smith, Ltd., Hampton, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


THOMAS, Justice.

The issue in this workers' compensation appeal is whether the Industrial Commission erred in awarding compensation to a claimant even though the Commission found as a fact that the claimant unjustifiably refused reasonable and necessary medical treatment offered by the claimant's attending physician. In order to resolve this issue, the Court must focus upon Code § 65.1-88 which provides in pertinent part as follows:

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