County of Amherst Board of Supervisors v. Brockman

In this workmen’s compensation case, the Industrial Commission made an award of benefits under Code § 65.1-47.11 for disability resulting from a heart attack. On appeal, the employer and its insurer contend that the Commission erred in its rulings that the claimant was entitled to the rebuttable presumption established by § 65.1-47.1, that the claim was not barred by the statute of limitations, and that the presumption was not rebutted.

Henry L. Brockman, Chief Investigator in the Sheriffs Department of Amherst County, had been employed by that Department since 1968. On July 2, 1976, after…