SOUTHERN EXP. v. GREEN

Record No. 980453.

509 S.E.2d 836 (1999)

257 Va. 181

SOUTHERN EXPRESS, et al. v. Clara Louise GREEN.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 8, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Vernon Priddy, III (Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, on brief), Richmond, for appellants.

No brief or argument for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


KINSER, Justice.

In this appeal, we decide whether chilblains that the claimant suffered as a result of being exposed to cold temperature in a walk-in cooler during a four-hour period constitute an "injury by accident" under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act (the Act). Because the claimant proved that she sustained the injury at a particular time and place and upon a particular occasion, that it was caused by an identifiable incident, and that it resulted in...

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