Feitig v. Chalkley

Prior to the original opinion in this case, reported in 184 Va. 553, 35 S. E. (2d) 827, this court had not considered whether the Virginia Workmen’s Compensation Act (Michie’s Code 1942, secs. 1887 (1) et seq.) prohibited an injured employee from maintaining an action at law against his co-employee for negligence or wrong causing the injuries. We thought that the importance of the questions required a more thorough investigation than appeared in the arguments and briefs of counsel on the original presentation, hence we *98granted a rehearing but limited the argument to this single question. >

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