Bristol City Fire Department v. Maine

FITZPATRICK, Chief Judge.

Bristol City Fire Department (“employer”) contends the Workers’ Compensation Commission (“commission”) erred in awarding temporary total and medical benefits to Roy Carroll Maine (“claimant”). On appeal, employer argues that it rebutted the presumption afforded by Code § 65.2-402 and that claimant failed to present evidence sufficient to prove that his heart disease arose out of and in the course of his employment. For the following reasons, we affirm the commission’s decision to award benefits to claimant.

I. BACKGROUND

“On appeal, we view the evidence in the light…