Eldora James v Best Products Company, Inc., et al.

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COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA Present: Chief Judge Moon, Senior Judges Cole and Duff ELDORA JAMES v. MEMORANDUM OPINION * PER CURIAM MARCH 12, 1996 Record No. 1812-95-2 BEST PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC. AND TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY COMPENSATION COMMISSION FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS' (Thomas Stark, IV; Williamson & Lavecchia, on brief), for appellant. (P. Dawn Bishop; Matthew J. Ide; Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, on brief), for appellees. Eldora James appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation Commission denying her application seeking compensation for an occupational disease. Upon reviewing the record and the briefs of the parties, we conclude that this appeal is without merit. Accordingly, we summarily affirm the commission's decision. Rule 5A:27. This appeal is controlled by the Supreme Court's decision in The Stenrich Group v. Jemmott, ___ Va. ___, ___, ___ S.E.2d ___, ___ (1996) (holding that "job-related impairments resulting from cumulative trauma caused by repetitive motion, however labeled or however defined, are, as a matter of law, not compensable under the present provisions of the Act"). * Pursuant to Code ยง 17-116.010 this opinion is not designated for publication. Accordingly, we affirm the commission's decision. Affirmed. 2

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