Southern Express v. Clara Louise Green

BENTON, Judge.

Southern Express contends the Workers’ Compensation Commission erred by awarding benefits to Clara Louise Green for injuries she sustained while working in a refrigerated room at a Southern Express convenience store. Relying upon Morris v. Morris, 238 Va. 578, 385 S.E.2d 858 (1989), and The Stenrich Group v. Jemmott, 251 Va. 186, 467 S.E.2d 795 (1996), Southern Express argues that Green’s injury was not an “injury by accident” within the meaning of Code § 65.2-101 because it was a gradually incurred injury or a cumulative trauma condition. We disagree, and we affirm the…