Chesterfield County/Fire Dept. v. Dunn

Opinion

MOON, J,

The County of Chesterfield seeks reversal of an award of benefits by the Industrial Commission to Steven Dunn for a post-traumatic stress disorder. We reverse the award because we find no credible evidence to support the commission’s finding that the disability resulted from an “injury by accident.”

In order to establish an injury by accident, a claimant must prove: (1) an identifiable incident; (2) that occurs at some reasonably definite time; (3) an obvious sudden mechanical or structural change in the body; and (4) a causal connection between the incident and the bodily…