Opinion
Record No. 0290-96-3
June 18, 1996
Appeal from the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.
Cathleen P. Welsh; Wharton, Aldhizer Weaver, on brief, for appellants.
A. Thomas Lane, Jr., on brief, for appellee.
Present: Chief Judge Moon, Senior Judges Cole and Duff
MEMORANDUM OPINION298
Nielsen Construction Company, Inc. and its insurer contend that the Workers' Compensation Commission erred in finding that Arnold Lester Cook's bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome qualifies as an occupational "disease" under the Workers' Compensation Act.
This appeal is controlled by the Supreme Court's decision inStenrich Group v. Jemmott, ___ Va. ___, ___, 467 S.E.2d 795, 802 (1996) (holding that "job-related impairments resulting from cumulative trauma caused by repetitive motion, however labeled or however defined, are, as a matter of law, not compensable under the present provisions of the Act").
Accordingly, we reverse the commission's decision.
Reversed.