Legal Opinion
Race Fork Coal Co. v. Turner
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided April 21, 1989No. Record 880032PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhiting, J.
In this appeal, we decide whether a “statutory” employer under the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act, Code §§ 65.1-1 to -163 is constitutionally entitled to: (1) the statutorily required notice of an accident from the worker; and (2) be named as a party to the subsequent Industrial Commission proceeding in which the compensation award, which the statutory employer is now being required to pay, was made against the actual employer. Our decision turns on whether the statutory employer is in privity with the actual employer.
On April 12, 1984, while employed by Travis Coal, Inc. (Travis), Mack…
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