CENTRAL STATE HOSP. v. WIGGERS

Record No. 841441.

335 S.E.2d 257 (1985)

CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL, et al. v. Brenda Fay WIGGERS.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald S. Elmore, Richmond, (Elmore & Parker, Richmond, on brief), for appellants.

Sylvester G. Sheppard, Petersburg, Va., for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


PER CURIAM.

The sole question in this Workers' compensation appeal is whether there was evidence to support the Industrial Commission's finding that the claimant had sustained an injury by accident arising out of her employment.

Brenda Fay Wiggers was employed as a clerk at Central State Hospital. On August 2, 1983, she arose from her desk and walked toward an adjoining office, a distance of about ten steps, to answer a telephone. She testified: "[J]ust before...

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