Legal Opinion
Michigan Mutual Insurance v. Smoot
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided December 22, 2000No. Civ.A. 00-1026-APublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
LEE, District Judge.
THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendants Ronald M. Cohen, Esquire and Ronald M. Cohen & Associates, P.C.’s Motion to Dismiss, and on Defendants Robert R. Michael, Esquire and Shadoan & Michael, LLP’s Motion to Dismiss. For the reasons stated below, the Court grants the Defendants’ motions to dismiss in their entirety.
The issue presented is whether, in the absence of an agreement, an attorney for a worker/claimant in a personal injury action is required by the Workers’ Compensation Act to represent the workers’ compensation carrier and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Fox v. DeeseSupreme Court of Virginia · 1987
- Ayyildiz v. KiddSupreme Court of Virginia · 1980
- Economopoulos v. KolaitisSupreme Court of Virginia · 2000
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Michigan Mutual Insurance v. SmootDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2001
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