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FORD v. CITY OF RICHMOND

Record No. 890786.

391 S.E.2d 270 (1990)

Mary J. FORD, Administrator of the Estate of Curtis E. Ford v. CITY OF RICHMOND.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 20, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Hawthorne, Kenbridge, for appellant.

Stephen C. Conte (White, Blackburn & Conte, Richmond, on brief), for appellee.

Present CARRICO, C.J., and COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL, WHITING and LACY, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.

POFF, Senior Justice.

We granted this appeal to review a judgment dismissing a wrongful-death action. The trial court ruled that the plaintiff's exclusive remedy was a claim under the Workers' Compensation Act. We must decide whether, as the court concluded, a municipality that engaged a contractor to replace a roof on one of its facilities was the statutory employer of the contractor's employee who lost his life in the...

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