Southeastern Tidewater Area Manpower Authority v. Coley

Lydia Coley sustained an accidental injury which arose out of and in the course of her employment by the Chesapeake Community Action Service Organization (Chesapeake). Chesapeake was not insured under any policy of workmen’s compensation insurance and did not qualify as a self-insured. The issue here is whether Coley was also the statutory employee of Southeastern Tidewater Area Manpower Authority (Tidewater) by virtue of Code § 65.1-29.

Tidewater represents a cooperative undertaking between the Cities of Chesapeake, Franklin, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach and the Counties…