W. C. English, Inc. v Cheryl L. Leisenring

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
Present: 	Chief Judge Moon, Senior Judges Cole and Duff
W. C. ENGLISH, INC.
v. 	Record No. 2665-95-3 	MEMORANDUM OPINION*
PER CURIAM
CHERYL L. LEISENRING 	MARCH 19, 1996
FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS'
COMPENSATION COMMISSION
(Roger L. Williams; Vasiliki Moudilos;
Williams & Pierce, on brief), for
appellant.
(Robert E. Evans, on brief), for appellee.
W. C. English, Inc. ("employer") contends that the Workers'
Compensation Commission erred in finding that (1) Cheryl L.
Leisenring's bilateral tendinitis and de Quervain's syndrome
qualify as compensable occupational diseases within the meaning
of "disease" under the Worker's Compensation Act ("the Act"); and
(2) Leisenring was disabled beyond February 1, 1995. 	Employer
requests that this Court remand this case to the commission for
employer to put on evidence, if we find that Leisenring's
conditions qualify as compensable occupational diseases.
This appeal is controlled by the Supreme Court's decision in
Stenrich Group v. Jemmott, ___ Va. ___, ___, ___ S.E.2d ___, ___
(1996) (holding that "job-related impairments resulting from
cumulative trauma caused by repetitive motion, however labeled or
*Pursuant to Code § 17-116.010 this opinion is not
designated for publication.

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however defined, are, as a matter of law, not compensable under
the present provisions of the Act"). 	Because Stenrich is
dispositive of this appeal, we need not address the remaining
questions presented by employer.
Accordingly, we reverse the commission's decision.
Reversed.