COUNTY OF AUGUSTA JAIL v. COOK

Record No. 0515-92-3.

430 S.E.2d 546 (1993)

COUNTY OF AUGUSTA JAIL v. Linda G. COOK.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 20, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Pierce, Jr., Richmond (Daniel E. Lynch, Williams, Butler & Pierce, on brief), for appellant.

Thomas W. Dixon, Jr., Staunton (Nelson, McPherson, Summers & Santos, on brief), for appellee.

Present: KOONTZ, C.J., and MOON and WILLIS, JJ.


KOONTZ, Chief Judge.

County of Augusta Jail (employer), appellant, appeals from the February 14, 1992 decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission (commission) awarding Linda G. Cook (Cook), appellee, occupational disease benefits for a heart attack suffered by Cook while employed by employer as a deputy sheriff, but designated a correctional officer. The sole issue is whether the commission erred in determining that the presumption of compensability provided...

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