CITY OF NORFOLK/DEPT. OF FIRE v. LASSITER

Record No. 831502.

324 S.E.2d 656 (1985)

CITY OF NORFOLK/DEPARTMENT OF FIRE v. Arnold R. LASSITER.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick H. Knight, Asst. City Atty. (Philip R. Trapani, City Atty., on briefs), for appellant.

William P. Williams, Norfolk, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


PER CURIAM.

The sole question on appeal is whether the Industrial Commission erred in assessing an attorney's fee against an employer, pursuant to Code § 65.1-101.1

Arnold R. Lassiter, a Norfolk fire fighter, sustained a back injury on November 1, 1982, after returning from the scene of a fire. He and his deputy fire chief promptly filed reports which stated that Lassiter had felt a sharp pain in the lower back while stepping...

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