United Airlines, Inc. v. Hayes

ELDER, Judge.

United Airlines, Inc., (employer) appeals from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission (the commission) holding that Thomas M. Hayes (claimant), a former employee, is entitled to ongoing benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act (the Act), Code §§ 65.2-100 to -1310. On appeal, employer contends the commission erroneously found claimant did not materially aggravate his compensable traumatic brain injury in a subsequent automobile accident and erroneously held that claimant’s settlement of his third-party cause of action arising out of the automobile accident, without…