VCU Health Systems/Commonwealth of Virginia v. Karen George
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UNPUBLISHED COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Judges Humphreys, O’Brien and Senior Judge Bumgardner VCU HEALTH SYSTEMS/ COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA v. Record No. 0225-16-2 MEMORANDUM OPINION* PER CURIAM MAY 10, 2016 KAREN GEORGE FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION (Mark R. Herring, Attorney General; Rhodes B. Ritenour, Deputy Attorney General; Ronald N. Regnery, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Scott John Fitzgerald, Senior Assistant Attorney General, on brief), for appellant. (Karen George, pro se, on brief). VCU Health Systems/Commonwealth of Virginia (“employer”) appeals a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission. On appeal, employer contends the Commission erred in finding that employer was not entitled to an evidentiary hearing, finding that Dr. Paul Spector was not the authorized treating physician for Karen George (“claimant”), and ordering employer to provide claimant with a panel of pain management physicians. We have reviewed the record and the Commission’s opinion and find that this appeal is without merit. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the Commission in its final opinion. See George v. VCU Health Sys., JCN No. 1943423 (Jan. 6, 2016). We dispense with oral argument and summarily affirm because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the Court and argument would not aid the decisional process. See Code § 17.1-403; Rule 5A:27. Affirmed. * Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.
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