American Hospice Management Holdings, L.L.C. et al. v. Julia Ann Piggott

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
Present: 	Judges Humphreys, Huff and Senior Judge Clements
AMERICAN HOSPICE MANAGEMENT
HOLDINGS, L.L.C. AND AMERICAN
HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY
MEMORANDUM OPINION*
v. 	Record No. 1851-11-2 	PER CURIAM
JANUARY 24, 2012
JULIA ANN PIGGOTT
FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
(S. Vernon Priddy III; Two Rivers Law Group, P.C., on brief), for
appellants.
(Vincent L. Robertson, Sr., on brief), for appellee.
American Hospice Management Holdings, L.L.C. (hereinafter referred to as employer)
appeals a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission ordering the employer to
authorize surgery requested by Julia Ann Piggott (claimant). Employer contends the commission
erred by 1) ordering the authorization for the surgery, (2) rejecting employer’s argument that
claimant failed to prove the surgery was necessary and causally related to her awarded condition
of “strain-lumbar,” and (3) by “expanding [claimant’s] compensable condition beyond the
awarded condition . . . .”
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 Piggot v. American Hospice Management Holdings, L.L.C., VWC File No.
232-30-16 (Aug. 15, 2011). We dispense with oral argument and summarily affirm because the
* Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.

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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.