Robert Lee High v. Michael L. Clark/Family Flooring, Twin City Fire Insurance Company, et al.

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
Present: 	Judges Humphreys, McCullough and Senior Judge Bumgardner
ROBERT LEE HIGH
MEMORANDUM OPINION*
v. 	Record No. 2354-12-4 	PER CURIAM
APRIL 30, 2013
MICHAEL L. CLARK/FAMILY FLOORING, TWIN CITY
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, DNS CONSTRUCTION,
DOUGLAS WALLACE/DOUG-STEVE’S CARPENTRY AND
THE UNINSURED EMPLOYERS’ FUND
FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
(Kathleen Grace Walsh, on brief), for appellant.
(Thomas G. Bell, Jr.; Timberlake, Smith, Thomas, & Moses, P.C., on
brief), for appellee The Uninsured Employers’ Fund.
No brief for appellees Michael L. Clark/Family Flooring, Twin
City Fire Insurance Company, DNS Construction, and Douglas
Wallace/Doug-Steve’s Carpentry.
Robert Lee High appeals a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission finding
that the commission did not have jurisdiction because Doug Wallace and Steve Griffith were
partners and thus not counted as employees. We have reviewed the record and the commission’s
opinion and find that this appeal is without merit. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated
by the commission in its final opinion. See High v. Michael L. Clark/Family Flooring, VWC
File No. JCN VA010-0242-6083 (Nov. 30, 2012). We dispense with oral argument and
summarily affirm because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the
* Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.
UNPUBLISHED

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materials before the Court and argument would not aid the decisional process. See Code
§ 17.1-403; Rule 5A:27.
Affirmed.