Court Opinion

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COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA

Present:   Chief Judge Moon, Senior Judges Cole and Duff

NIELSEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
AND
VIRGINIA CONTRACTORS GROUP
 SELF-INSURANCE ASSOCIATION                    MEMORANDUM OPINION *
                                                   PER CURIAM
v.   Record No. 0290-96-3                        JUNE 18, 1996

ARNOLD LESTER COOK

         FROM THE VIRGINIA WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSION
            (Cathleen P. Welsh; Wharton, Aldhizer &
            Weaver, on brief), for appellants.

            (A. Thomas Lane, Jr., on brief), for
            appellee.

     Nielsen Construction Company, Inc. and its insurer contend

that the Workers' Compensation Commission erred in finding that

Arnold Lester Cook's bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome qualifies

as an occupational "disease" under the Workers' Compensation Act.
     This appeal is controlled by the Supreme Court's decision in

Stenrich Group v. Jemmott, ___ Va. ___, ___, 467 S.E.2d 795, 802

(1996) (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").

     Accordingly, we reverse the commission's decision.

                                  Reversed.

     *
      Pursuant to Code § 17-116.010 this opinion is not
designated for publication.