CITY OF BRISTOL POLICE DEPT. v. BROOME

Record No. 0929-87-3.

372 S.E.2d 204 (1988)

CITY OF BRISTOL POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al. v. Oscar Gray BROOME, Jr.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda D. Frith (Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke, on brief), for appellants.

Frederick A. Rowlett (Mary Lynn Tate, Yeary, Tate & Lowe, P.C., Abingdon, on brief) for appellee.

Present: COLEMAN, DUFF and HODGES, JJ.


DUFF, Judge.

This appeal by the employer and carrier seeks review of an Industrial Commission decision that awarded compensation to the claimant for disability caused by a heart condition. They contend (1) that the medical evidence overwhelmingly shows the claimant is not disabled as a result of heart disease, and (2) the record contains sufficient medical evidence to rebut the presumption of causation provided in Code § 65.1-47.1. From our review of the record...

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