Mary Elizabeth Clanahan v. Shenandoah County Public Schools, et al.

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
Present: Judges Alston, Decker and Senior Judge Coleman
MARY ELIZABETH CLANAHAN
MEMORANDUM OPINION*
v. 	Record No. 1742-13-4 	PER CURIAM
JANUARY 7, 2014
SHENANDOAH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES RISK POOL
FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
(Bradley G. Pollack, on brief), for appellant. Appellant submitting
on brief.
(John C. Johnson; Frith Anderson & Peake, P.C., on brief), for
appellees. Appellees submitting on brief.
Mary Elizabeth Clanahan (“claimant”) appeals a decision of the Workers’ Compensation
Commission finding the evidence insufficient to establish a causal connection between the June
4, 2010 compensable accident and her migraines and neck conditions.
Upon reviewing the opening brief, we affirm the commission’s opinion because claimant
failed to comply with Rule 5A:20(e), which mandates that the opening brief include “[t]he
standard of review and the argument (including principles of law and authorities) relating to each
assignment of error.” Claimant cites no legal authorities supporting her arguments. See Fadness
v. Fadness, 52 Va. App. 833, 851, 667 S.E.2d 857, 866 (2008) (“If the parties believed that the
circuit court erred, it was their duty to present that error to us with legal authority to support their
contention.”); Parks v. Parks, 52 Va. App. 663, 664, 666 S.E.2d 547, 548 (2008).
* Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.
UNPUBLISHED

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Claimant has the burden of showing that reversible error was committed. See Lutes v.
Alexander, 14 Va. App. 1075, 1077, 421 S.E.2d 857, 859 (1992). Unsupported assertions of
error “do not merit appellate consideration.” Buchanan v. Buchanan, 14 Va. App. 53, 56, 415
S.E.2d 237, 239 (1992). Accordingly, we affirm the commission’s final opinion, Clanahan v.
Shenandoah Cnty. Pub. Schs., VA00000307592 (Aug. 13, 2013).
Affirmed.