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COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA

Present: Judges Benton, Coleman and Willis

HUBERT CHAMBERS

v. Record No. 1414-96-3 MEMORANDUM OPINION
PER CURIAM
BRIDGEPORT PIEDMONT MANUFACTURING SEPTEMBER 24, 1996
COMPANY AND HARTFORD UNDERWRITERS
INSURANCE COMPANY

FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION

(Robert E. Evans, on brief), for appellant.
Appellant submitting on brief.

(Gregory P. Cochran; Caskie & Frost, on
brief), for appellees. Appellees submitting
on brief.

Hubert Chambers contends that the Workers' Compensation
Commission erred in finding that his tendinitis was not an
occupational "disease" under the Workers' Compensation Act.
In denying Chambers' claim, the commission relied upon the
Supreme Court's holding that "job-related impairments resulting
from cumulative trauma caused by repetitive motion, however
labeled or however defined, are, as a matter of law, not
compensable under the present provisions of the Act." Stenrich
Group v. Jemmott, 251 Va. 186, 199, 467 S.E.2d 795, 802 (1996).
The evidence proved that Chambers had "a cumulative repetitive
overuse tendonitis syndrome." Thus, we agree with the
commission's ruling that Jemmott is dispositive of this issue.
Accordingly, we affirm the commission's decision.
Affirmed.

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