65.2-706 - Conclusiveness of award; appeal.
§ 65.2-706. Conclusiveness of award; appeal.
A. The award of the Commission, as provided in § 65.2-704, if not reviewed indue time, or an award of the Commission upon such review, as provided in §65.2-705, shall be conclusive and binding as to all questions of fact. Noappeal shall be taken from the decision of one Commissioner until a review ofthe case has been had before the full Commission, as provided in § 65.2-705,and an award entered by it. Appeals shall lie from such award to the Court ofAppeals in the manner provided in the Rules of the Supreme Court.
B. The notice of appeal shall be filed with the clerk of the Commissionwithin 30 days from the date of such award. A copy of the notice of appealshall be filed in the office of the clerk of the Court of Appeals as providedin the Rules of Court.
C. Cases so appealed shall be placed upon the privileged docket of the Courtof Appeals and be heard at the next ensuing term thereof. In case of anappeal from the decision of the Commission to the Court of Appeals, or fromthe decision of the Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court, the appeal shalloperate as a suspension of the award and no employer shall be required tomake payment of the award involved in the appeal until the questions at issuetherein shall have been fully determined in accordance with the provisions ofthis title.
(Code 1950, § 65-94; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-98; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 156; 1972,c. 696; 1977, c. 624; 1984, cc. 659, 703; 1991, c. 355; 1999, c. 938; 2003,cc. 664, 671; 2010, cc. 160, 564.)