Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and Royal Indemnity Company v. Doreen Tupper

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
Present: 	Judges Elder, Felton and Senior Judge Willis
SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL AND
ROYAL INDEMNITY COMPANY
MEMORANDUM OPINION*
v. 	Record No. 1957-04-1 	PER CURIAM
DECEMBER 21, 2004
DOREEN TUPPER
FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
(Robert A. Rapaport; Jennifer Tatum Atkinson; Clarke, Dolph,
Rapaport, Hardy & Hull, P.L.C., on brief), for appellants.
(Karen M. Rye; Law Office of Karen M. Rye, on brief), for appellee.
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and its insurer (hereinafter referred to as “employer”)
appeal a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission finding that employer failed to
meet its burden of proving that Doreen Tupper was released to her pre-injury work beginning
November 7, 2003. We have reviewed the record and the commission’s opinion and find no
reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the commission in its final
opinion. See Tupper v. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, VWC File No. 215-08-49 (July 19,
2004). 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.
* Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.