September 2020 Alexandria City Public Schools v. Handel

Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 1:35 p.m.

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Granted Appeal Summary

Case

ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ET AL. v. KERRI HANDEL (Record Number 190957)

From

The Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Counsel

Michael S. Bliley and Andrew M. Alexander (Siciliano, Ellis, Dyer & Boccarosse PLC) for appellants. M. Thomas McWeeny and Julie H. Heiden (Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot, L.L.P.) for appellee. Ralph L. Witt, Jr., Megan Kerwin Clark, and A. Jacob Perkinson (Whitt & Del Bueno, PC) for amici curiae Prince William County Public Schools, Virginia Risk Sharing Association, and Virginia Self-Insurers Association.

Assignments of Error

  1. The Court of Appeals erred in finding that a claimant must only prove a structural or mechanical change to one body part in order for all injuries caused by an accident to be compensable.
  2. The Court of Appeals erred in finding that Appellee suffered an injury to her right shoulder, as opposed to mere transient pain

http://www.courts.state.va.us/courts/scv/appeals/190957.pdf

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