VCU Health Systems/Commonwealth of Virginia v. Karen George

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
Present: 	Judges Humphreys, O’Brien and Senior Judge Bumgardner
VCU HEALTH SYSTEMS/
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
MEMORANDUM OPINION*
v. 	Record No. 0225-16-2 	PER CURIAM
MAY 10, 2016
KAREN GEORGE
FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
(Mark R. Herring, Attorney General; Rhodes B. Ritenour, Deputy
Attorney General; Ronald N. Regnery, Senior Assistant Attorney
General; Scott John Fitzgerald, Senior Assistant Attorney General,
on brief), for appellant.
(Karen George, pro se, on brief).
* Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.
VCU Health Systems/Commonwealth of Virginia (“employer”) appeals a decision of the
Workers’ Compensation Commission. On appeal, employer contends the Commission erred in
finding that employer was not entitled to an evidentiary hearing, finding that Dr. Paul Spector
was not the authorized treating physician for Karen George (“claimant”), and ordering employer
to provide claimant with a panel of pain management physicians. 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 George v. VCU Health Sys.,
JCN No. 1943423 (Jan. 6, 2016). 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.
UNPUBLISHED