Memorial Hosp. of Martinsville v. Hairston

Opinion

KOONTZ, C.J.

Memorial Hospital of Martinsville and Henry County and the Virginia Insurance Reciprocal (hereinafter collectively referred to as “employer”) appeal from a decision of the Industrial Commission awarding benefits to Nellie Mae Hairston for injuries received from a fall occurring at the hospital on October 10, 1984. We reverse that award.

Hairston, a housekeeping aide at the hospital, parked her housekeeping cart on a floor of the hospital in anticipation of going on a scheduled break. As she was walking toward the elevator, she stated that she “got approximately half way and…