RYAN'S FAMILY STEAK HOUSES v. GOWAN

Record No. 1435-99-3.

528 S.E.2d 720 (2000)

32 Va. App. 459

RYAN'S FAMILY STEAK HOUSES, INC. and Birmingham Fire Insurance Company of Pennsylvania v. Brenda Snow GOWAN.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Salem.

May 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin A. Bergsohn (Robert C. Baker, Jr.; Mell, Brownell & Baker, Washington, DC, on brief), for appellants.

George L. Townsend (Chandler, Franklin & O'Bryan, on brief), Staunton, for appellee.

Present: COLEMAN, ANNUNZIATA and BUMGARDNER, JJ.


ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Ryan's Family Steak Houses, Inc. ("RFS") and its insurance carrier appeal the Workers' Compensation Commission's decision affirming the deputy commissioner's finding that appellants had made a de facto award to appellee, Brenda Gowan, by paying her disability benefits for a period of sixteen weeks without filing a memorandum of agreement with the commission. On appeal, RFS contends 1) the finding of a de facto award lacks statutory...

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