COCHRAN INDUSTRIES VA v. MEADOWS

Record No. 1377-13-3.

755 S.E.2d 489 (2014)

63 Va. App. 218

COCHRAN INDUSTRIES VA and Bituminous Casualty Corporation v. Timothy M. MEADOWS.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Salem.

April 1, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramesh Murthy (Penn, Stuart & Eskridge, Abingdon, on brief), for appellants.

Paul L. Phipps ( Mingkwan Emme Collins ; Lee and Phipps, P.C., Clintwood, on brief), for appellee.

Amicus Curiae: Virginia Trial Lawyers Association ( W. David Falcon ; ChasenBoscolo, on brief), for appellee.

Present: Judges HUMPHREYS, BEALES and HUFF.


HUFF, Judge.

Cochran Industries VA and Bituminous Casualty Corporation (collectively "appellant") appeal a decision of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission ("commission") ruling that Timothy M. Meadows ("claimant") timely filed a claim for compensation. On appeal, appellant contends that the commission erred in: 1) accepting a filing seeking no relief as a viable, timely claim under Code § 65.2-601; and 2) utilizing the doctrine of imposition, created...

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