Legal Opinion
Haddon v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 2, 1990No. Record 890501PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lacy
In this case we are asked to consider whether the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act, Code §§ 65.1-1, et seq., is the exclusive remedy for an employee who sustains injury as a result of an intentional tort by a fellow employee.
Sylvia C. Haddon filed a motion for judgment against her employer, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Inc. and Don E. Elliott, a Metropolitan Life Insurance branch manager (collectively Metropolitan Life). She alleged that Elliott, while acting within the scope of his employment, “engaged in a pattern of harassment and sex discrimination” against her. This intentional…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Evans v. Yankeetown Dock Corp.Indiana Supreme Court · 1986
- Continental Life Insurance v. GoughSupreme Court of Virginia · 1934
- Hopson v. Hungerford Coal Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1948
- Reserve Life Insurance v. HoseySupreme Court of Virginia · 1968
- Big Jack Overall Co. v. BraySupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Green v. Wyman-Gordon Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Nunnally v. ArtisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1997
- William v. City of Newport NewsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1990
- Snead v. HarbaughSupreme Court of Virginia · 1991
- Middlekauff v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1994
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