192 S.E.2d 754

JAMES E. SHEPHERD v. CLINCHFIELD COAL COMPANY.

42796 Record No. 8052.Supreme Court of Virginia.
November 27, 1972

Present, Snead, C.J., Carrico, Harrison, Cochran, Harman and Poff, JJ.

Workmen’s Compensation — Preexisting Condition — Waiver.

Controlled by Williams v. Clinchfield Coal Co., infra.

Appeal from an award of the Industrial Commission of Virginia.

Affirmed.

T. Munford Boyd; Don R. Pippin, for appellant.

J. Thomas Fowlkes (Penn, Stuart Eskridge, on brief), for appellee.

Per Curiam.

This appeal is controlled by part I of our opinion in Doris Williams v. Clinchfield Coal Company, 213 Va. 445, 192 S.E.2d 751, this day decided.

The award of the Industrial Commission of Virginia is, therefore, affirmed.

Affirmed.

Page 349

Tagged: