Legal Opinion
Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 24, 1981No. Record 790545PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Per curiam
Jesse Daye, Jr., and James A. Collins filed separate motions for judgment against the City of Newport News, Virginia Electric and Power Company (Vepco), and K. F. Wilson, individually and trading as K. F. Wilson, Contractor, seeking damages for personal injuries sustained from a gas main explosion allegedly caused by the concurring negligence of the three defendants.
Wilson subsequently filed a special plea claiming that Daye and Collins had each been compensated as employees under the Virginia Workmen’s Compensation Act, and therefore the actions should be dismissed as to him. The trial court…
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