BASS v. CITY OF RICHMOND POLICE DEPT.

Record Nos. 980612, 980861 and 982126.

515 S.E.2d 557 (1999)

258 Va. 103

Claude A. BASS, Jr. v. CITY OF RICHMOND POLICE DEPARTMENT. John B. Patton, Jr. v. Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. City of Hopewell, et al. v. Michael W. Tirpak.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher A. Jones (Malcolm Parks; Maloney, Huennekens, Parks, Gecker & Parsons, on briefs), Richmond, for appellant in Record No. 980612.

Charles F. Midkiff (Johua M. Wulf; Midkiff & Hiner, on brief), Richmond, for appellee in Record No. 980612.

Michael A. Kernbach (Jack T. Burgess & Associates, on brief), Fairfax, for appellant in Record No. 980861.

Susan A. Evans (Siciliano, Ellis, Dyer & Boccarosse, on brief), Fairfax, for appellee in Record No. 980861.

Ralph L. Whitt, Jr. (Daniel E. Lynch; Williams, Lynch & Whitt, on briefs), Richmond, for appellants in Record No. 982126.

Malcolm Parks, III (B. Mayes Marks, Jr., Hopewell; Christopher A. Jones; Maloney, Huennekens, Parks, Gecker & Parsons, Richmond, on brief), for appellee in Record No. 982126.

Amicus Curiae: Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Peter M. Sweeny, on brief), Chantilly, in support of appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


KEENAN, Justice.

We consolidated for argument three workers' compensation appeals from the Court of Appeals. All three cases present the question whether the Workers' Compensation Commission properly concluded that the employers failed to present sufficient evidence to overcome the occupational disease presumption established in Code § 65.2-402(B). The facts in the three cases differ and will be described separately...

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