Title: National Fruit Product Co. v. Staton

State: virginia

Issuer: Virginia Supreme Court

Document:

Present:  Carrico, C.J., Compton,* Lacy, Hassell, Keenan, Koontz, 
and Kinser, JJ. 
 
NATIONAL FRUIT PRODUCT 
COMPANY, INC., ET AL. 
 
  
 
   PER CURIAM 
v.  Record No. 990428 
March 3, 2000 
 
BRENDA STATON 
 
FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA 
 
 
We awarded this appeal to review a judgment of the Court of 
Appeals in National Fruit Product Co. v. Staton, 28 Va. App. 
650, 507 S.E.2d 667 (1998), a workers' compensation case 
involving carpal tunnel syndrome. 
 
The appeal was limited to the consideration of one 
assignment of error.  The issue considered is whether the Court 
of Appeals erred in determining that "high probability" is 
equivalent to "clear and convincing evidence (not a mere 
probability)" within the context of Code § 65.2-401.  That 
statute sets forth the elements required to prove a compensable 
ordinary disease of life. 
 
For the reasons set forth in the opinion of the Court of 
Appeals, we will affirm the court's judgment. 
Affirmed. 
                     
*Justice Compton participated in the hearing and decision of this 
case prior to the effective date of his retirement on 
February 2, 2000.