Melvin L. Layne v. Crist Electrical Contractor, Inc. and Assurance Services Corporation

BEALES, Judge.

The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (commission) found that Melvin L. Layne (claimant) was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits because claimant committed a willful breach of a workplace safety rule. See Code § 65.2-306(A)(5). On appeal, claimant asserts that there was not a workplace safety rule that applied to the work he was performing at the time of his injury, that the commission applied the wrong legal standard in determining whether his actions were willful for purposes of Code § 65.2-306(A)(5), and that his actions were at most negligent. For the…