King William County and Virginia Association of Counties Group v. Linda Jones

WESLEY G. RUSSELL, JR., Judge.

King William County and its insurer (“employer”) appeal the Commission’s award of disability benefits to the claimant, Linda Jones. We reject employer’s challenge to certain factual determinations made by the Commission; however, because the record does not establish that claimant’s failure to find employment after having been laid off by employer was causally related to her partial disability, we reverse the Commission’s award of benefits.

BACKGROUND

Claimant worked as a part of employer’s custodial staff for a number of years. On April 13, 2011, claimant fell…