CITY OF NORFOLK/DEPT. OF FIRE v. Lassiter

324 S.E.2d 656 (1985)

CITY OF NORFOLK/DEPARTMENT OF FIRE

v.

Arnold R. LASSITER.

Record No. 831502.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 18, 1985.

Patrick H. Knight, Asst. City Atty. (Philip R. Trapani, City Atty., on briefs), for appellant.

William P. Williams, Norfolk, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

The sole question on appeal is whether the Industrial Commission erred in assessing an attorney's fee against an employer, pursuant to Code § 65.1-101.[1]

Arnold R. Lassiter, a Norfolk fire fighter, sustained a back injury on November 1, 1982, after returning from the scene of a fire. He and his…