Crocker v. Riverside Brick & Supply Co.

OPINION BY Senior Justice ROSCOE B. STEPHENSON, JR.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in ruling that the plaintiff's personal injury action was barred pursuant to the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, Code § 65.2-100, et seq. (the Act).

I

Patricia M. Crocker filed in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond a motion for judgment against Riverside Brick & Supply Company, Inc. (Riverside), alleging that she had sustained severe injuries that had been proximately caused by the negligence of Riverside's employees. Riverside filed a plea in bar, asserting that the…