Ruiz Drywall & Cleaning Inc. and Builders Mutual Insurance Company v. Mauricio R. Morales

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
Present: Judges Alston, Chafin and Senior Judge Haley
RUIZ DRYWALL & CLEANING INC. AND
BUILDERS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
MEMORANDUM OPINION*
v. 	Record No. 2187-14-1 	PER CURIAM
APRIL 14, 2015
MAURICIO R. MORALES
FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
(S. Vernon Priddy III; Michael L. Goff, Jr.; Two Rivers Law Group,
P.C., on brief), for appellants.
(Halbert T. Dail; Joynes & Gaidies, on brief), for appellee.
* Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.
Ruiz Drywall & Cleaning Inc. and Builders Mutual Insurance Company (collectively
employer) appeal the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission (commission) finding
that Mauricio R. Morales (claimant) suffered a compensable injury to his lower back and left leg
and awarding temporary total disability benefits for the period of August 17 through August 18,
2013 and from September 9, 2013 and continuing. Employer argues the commission erred in
holding that (1) claimant proved he suffered a compensable injury; (2) “no reasonable basis in
the record” existed to disturb the deputy commissioner’s credibility determinations; and (3) “no
direct trauma” referred to the absence of a traumatic event immediately before an office visit to a
doctor.
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 Morales v. Ruiz Drywall & Cleaning Inc., JCN VA02000015819 (Nov. 4, 2014).
UNPUBLISHED

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We dispense with oral argument and summarily affirm because the facts and legal contentions
are adequately presented in the materials before the Court and argument would not aid the
decisional process. See Code § 17.1-403; Rule 5A:27.
Affirmed.