Allied Fibers & Plastics v. Cibula

In this case, the Industrial Commission of Virginia (now the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission) held that the employer, Allied Fibers & Plastics (Allied), was not equitably estopped from asserting the two-year statute of limitations prescribed by Code § 65.1-87 (now Code § 65.2-601) and that the claim of the employee, Ernest J. Cibula, was time-barred. The Court of Appeals reversed, holding that “[t]he evidence in this record leads unerringly to the conclusion that Allied is estopped from invoking the statute of limitations.” Cibula v. Allied Fibers & Plastics, 14 Va. App. 319, 326,…