BRADLEY v. SOUTHLAND CORPORATION

Record No. 0080-86-3.

352 S.E.2d 718 (1987)

Laura J. BRADLEY v. The SOUTHLAND CORPORATION, et al.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

February 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arelia S. Langhorne, Lynchburg, for appellant.

Bevin R. Alexander, Jr. (Edmunds and Williams, Lynchburg, on brief), for appellees.

Present: KOONTZ, C.J., and BARROW and COLEMAN, JJ.


BARROW, Judge.

In this appeal from the Industrial Commission we hold that an employee, who asserts an employment related injury, is not required to seek medical care from an employer's panel of physicians unless the employer authorizes the employee to do so at the employer's expense. We reverse the Commission's decision denying disability benefits.

Laura J. Bradley, the employee, injured her back on December 10, 1984, while lifting boxes during her employment...

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