TRANSFER v. DICKS

Record Nos. 840975, 841037 and 841046.

331 S.E.2d 449 (1985)

Chavis TRANSFER, et al. v. Hopkins DICKS, Jr. RUST ENGINEERING COMPANY, et al. v. Dwight E. SHELTON Dwight E. SHELTON v. RUST ENGINEERING COMPANY, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Cullen, Richmond, (McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, on briefs), for Chavis Transfer.

Gerald G. Lutkenhaus, Richmond (Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc., on brief), for Hopkins Dicks, Jr.

John M. Oakey, Jr., Richmond (McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, on briefs), for Rust Engineering Co.

P. Dawn Bishop, Richmond, for Dwight E. Shelton.

Present: All the Justices.


COMPTON, Justice.

In this opinion, we discuss three workers' compensation appeals resulting from separate industrial accidents involving two different claimants. The issues stem from the Industrial Commission's application of Code § 65.1-63, relating to selective employment of disabled workers.1

That statute is the focus of another case decided today. In Klate Holt Co. v. Holt, 229 Va. ___, 331 S.E...

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