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This podcast is provided by Ben Glass and Steve Emmert www.BenGlassReferrals.com - www.Virginia-Appeals.com Granted Appeal Summary Case ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ET AL. v. KERRI HANDEL (Record Number 190957) From The Court of Appeals of Virginia. Counsel Michael S. Bliley and Andrew M. Alexander (Siciliano, Ellis, Dyer & Boccarosse PLC) for appellants. M. Thomas McWeeny and Julie H. Heiden (Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot, L.L.P.) for appellee. Ralph L. Witt, Jr., Megan Kerwin Clark, and A. Jacob Perkinson (Whitt & Del Bueno, PC) for amici curiae Prince William County Public Schools, Virginia Risk Sharing Association, and Virginia Self-Insurers Association. Assignments of Error The Court of Appeals erred in finding that a claimant must only prove a structural or mechanical change to one body part in order for all injuries caused by an accident to be compensable. The Court of Appeals erred in finding that Appellee suffered an injury to her right shoulder, as opposed to mere transient pain http://www.courts.state.va.us/courts/scv/appeals/190957.pdf