Grand Union Co. v. Bynum

In this appeal from an award of death benefits by the Industrial Commission, the sole question is whether claimants’ decedent died “in the course of the employment,” a prerequisite for compensation under Code § 65.1-7. The appellant employer concedes that decedent’s death “arose out of the employment” and was the result of an “accident,” thus meeting the remaining two statutory tests of compensability.

*142The deceased, Ronnie M. Bynum, was manager of the Big Star Supermarket, owned by Grand Union Company, on Wickham Avenue in the City of Newport News. He lived with his family in the City of…