Vine v. Commonwealth, State Employees' Retirement Board

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This appeal involves the statutory immunity afforded to third parties who act on the instructions of an attorney-in-fact. More specifically, we consider the position of the State Employees’ Retirement System Board that immunity is conferred even where the power of attorney is void or voidable.

*651Appellant Teresa Vine worked for the Commonwealth for 29 years and is a member of the State Employees’ Retirement System (“SERS”). On January 24, 1998, she was involved in an automobile accident in Virginia and sustained severe injuries resulting in paraplegia. Two days later, on…