Bass v. City of Richmond Police Department

We consolidated for argument three workers’ compensation appeals from the Court of Appeals. All three cases present the question whether the Workers’ Compensation Commission properly concluded that the employers failed to present sufficient evidence to overcome the occupational disease presumption established in Code § 65.2-402(B). The facts in the three cases differ and will be described separately.

Code § 65.2-402(B) of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act provides, in relevant part:

Hypertension or heart disease causing the death of, or any health condition or impairment resulting in total…