Waynesboro Police v. Coffey

COLEMAN, Senior Judge.

The City of Waynesboro Police Department and its insurer (employer) appeal the Workers’ Compensation Commission’s (commission) decision awarding dependent’s benefits to Sharon Ann Coffey (claimant) pursuant to Code §§ 65.2-512 and -515, for the death of her husband, Harold Bernard Coffey, Jr. (Coffey). Employer contends the commission erred in finding that Coffey had heart disease or, if he did have heart disease, erred in holding that employer failed to rebut the statutory presumption of Code § 65.2-402(B) that Coffey’s heart condition was an occupational disease…