Legal Opinion
Atlantic Environmental Construction Company v. Courtney M. Malveaux, Commissioner, etc.
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided September 2, 2014No. 1844131PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELSEY, Judge.
Atlantic Environmental Construction Company (AEC) appeals a judgment of the circuit court affirming citations proposed by the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry against AEC for two workplace safety violations. AEC argues that the circuit court misapplied principles of respondeat superior by imputing to AEC its site supervisor’s knowledge of the safety violations. We disagree and affirm.
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In March 2011, inspectors from the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry (VDLI) observed AEC construction workers on a roof at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk…
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