MANASSAS ICE AND FUEL CO. v. Farrar

Opinion

BAKER, J.

Manassas Ice and Fuel Company and Federated Mutual Insurance Company (jointly referred to as employer) appeal from a decision of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (commission) * which approved the finding of the deputy commissioner (deputy) that Robert Lee Farrar (claimant) was totally disabled by an industrial accident which occurred on September 6, 1989. Employer argues: (1) the commission erred when it held that claimant had sustained both a new industrial accident and a change in condition; (2) claimant failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence…