Suzanne Coffman v. Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community and Wausau Business Insurance Company

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
Present: Judges Petty, Chafin and Senior Judge Annunziata
SUZANNE COFFMAN
MEMORANDUM OPINION*
v. 	Record No. 1759-14-3 	PER CURIAM
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
VIRGINIA MENNONITE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY AND
WAUSAU BUSINESS INSURANCE COMPANY
FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COMMISSION
(Michael L. Ritchie; Ritchie Law Firm, P.L.C., on brief), for
appellant.
(Emily O. Sealy; Midkiff, Muncie & Ross, P.C., on brief), for
appellees.
* Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.
Suzanne Coffman (claimant) appeals a September 4, 2014 decision of the Workers’
Compensation Commission affirming a deputy commissioner’s opinion. The deputy
commission found that claimant failed to prove her leg symptoms were a compensable
consequence of her July 31, 2008 industrial accident. Claimant contends the commission
(1) “incorrectly applied the ‘reasonable probability’ evidentiary standard in ruling that” her
condition was not a compensable consequence of her original injury and (2) “erred when it found
that [she] did not carry her burden to prove that her bilateral leg injuries were a compensable
consequence of her July 31, 2008 work-related back injury.”
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 Coffman v. Virginia Mennonite Found., JCN 2415958 (Sept. 4, 2014). We
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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.