WAYNESBORO POLICE v. COFFEY

Record No. 1456-00-2.

544 S.E.2d 860 (2001)

35 Va. App. 264

WAYNESBORO (City of) POLICE and Virginia Municipal Group Self-Insurance Association v. Sharon Ann COFFEY, Widow, and Harold Bernard Coffey, Jr. (Deceased).

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

April 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph L. Whitt, Jr., Richmond (Michael P. Del Bueno, Glen Allen; Williams, Lynch & Whitt; Whitt & Associates, on briefs), for appellants.

Malcolm Parks (Maloney, Parks, Clarke & Nathanson, P.C., on brief), for appellee.

Present: HUMPHREYS and CLEMENTS, JJ., and COLEMAN, Senior Judge.


COLEMAN, Judge.

The City of Waynesboro Police Department and its insurer (employer) appeal the Workers' Compensation Commission's (commission) decision awarding dependent's benefits to Sharon Ann Coffey (claimant) pursuant to Code §.§ 65.2-512 and -515, for the death of her husband, Harold Bernard Coffey, Jr. (Coffey). Employer contends the commission erred in finding that Coffey had heart disease or, if he did have heart disease, erred in holding that employer...

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