Legal Opinion
Shell Oil Co. v. Leftwich
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 6, 1972No. Record 7679 and 7680PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
Shell Oil Company appeals the entry of awards by the Industrial Commission of Virginia following its decisions that Jeffrey Stephen Leftwich and Wayne Eugene Garnett were the statutory employees of Shell, and that an accident which occurred on January 6, 1969, in which Leftwich was injured and Garnett was killed, arose out of and in the course of such employment.
Shell Oil Company was the owner of a service station leased to Vilas G. Robinson trading as Providence Forge Shell Station. Garnett and Leftwich were employed by Robinson. On January 6, 1969 the two employees were on a service call…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Sykes v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1947
- Anderson v. Thorington Construction Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1959
- Burroughs v. Walmont, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1969
- Floyd v. MitchellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. WallaceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by117 opinions
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- Henderson v. Central Tel. Co. of VirginiaSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
- Whalen v. Dean Steel Erection Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1985
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