Craddock Moving & Storage Co. v. Settles

Opinion

BARROW, J.

In this appeal from the Workers’ Compensation Commission, the employer contends that it is exempt from the provisions of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act because the employee did not prove that the employer regularly employed three or more employees in Virginia. We hold that once an employee proves that his or her injury occurred while employed in Virginia, an employer has the burden of producing sufficient evidence upon which the commission can find that the employer employed less than three employees regularly in service in Virginia: Because this employer failed to do…