SORRELS v. FOREIGN MISSION BD. OF S. BAPTIST

Record No. 821878.

313 S.E.2d 370 (1984)

Robert W. SORRELS v. FOREIGN MISSION BOARD OF the SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 9, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Trodden, Alexandria (Ashcraft & Gerel, Alexandria, on brief), for appellant.

Lewis T. Booker, Richmond (Hunton & Williams, Richmond, on brief), for appellees.

Before CARRICO, C.J., COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON and RUSSELL, JJ., and HARRISON, Retired Justice.


PER CURIAM.

This is a claimant's appeal from an adverse order entered by the Industrial Commission in a workers' compensation case.

Finding that the claimant was a "volunteer" and, hence, not an "employee" within the coverage of the Workers' Compensation Act, and that the services he agreed to contribute were to be performed exclusively outside the Commonwealth, the Commission sustained a motion to dismiss. On appeal, the claimant challenges both grounds assigned...

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