Brown v. Lawson Transportation Corp.

Opinion

BAKER, J.

Claycie B. Brown (claimant), widow of Elwood Brown (decedent), appeals from a decision of the Industrial Commission of Virginia (commission) which denied her claim for workers’ compensation death benefits. She asserts that benefits accrued to her by reason of decedent’s death caused by injuries he allegedly suffered while driving a bus for Lawson Transportation Corporation (Lawson) on December 12, 1985. The Commonwealth of Virginia Uninsured Employer’s Fund (the fund) was made a party defendant to claimant’s claim because prior to the accident Lawson’s workers’ compensation…