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COOKE v. SKYLINE SWANNANOA, INC.

Record No. 801928.

307 S.E.2d 246 (1983)

Doris L. COOKE v. SKYLINE SWANNANOA, INCORPORATED.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Ajemian, Waynesboro (Ajemian & McGratty, Waynesboro, on briefs), for appellant.

Stephen D. Busch, Richmond (Jay T. Swett, Charlottesville, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ.

THOMAS, Justice.

In this case, the issue is whether the appellant, Doris L. Cooke (Cooke), was the statutory employee of Skyline Swannanoa, Incorporated (Skyline), an entity against which Cooke filed a common law negligence action. If Cooke was the statutory employee of Skyline, then her remedies are limited to those provided by the Workmen's Compensation Act.1 Code § 65.1-40.

The trial court held that Cooke was Skyline's...

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