Legal Opinion
Food Distributors & Century Indemnity Co. v. Estate of Ball
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided May 13, 1997No. 1206964PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FITZPATRICK, Judge.
Food Distributors and its insurer (collectively referred to as “employer”) contend that the Workers’ Compensation Commission (“commission”) erred in finding that (1) Kenneth Merrill Ball’s (decedent) death by suicide was causally related to his compensable September 5, 1989 injury by accident; and (2) Code § 65.2-306(A)(l) did not bar compensation for the decedent’s suicide. We conclude that the suicide was causally related to the earlier injury and that compensation was not barred.
I. BACKGROUND
On September 5, 1989, decedent suffered a compensable injury to his left…
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