JOHNSON v. JEFFERSON NAT. BANK

Record No. 920099.

422 S.E.2d 778 (1992)

David JOHNSON, et al. v. JEFFERSON NATIONAL BANK.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 6, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Jones, Bristol, Gerald L. Gray, Clintwood (Penn, Stuart, Eskridge & Jones, Bristol, on briefs), for appellants.

E. Stanley Murphy, Charlottesville (Bruce M. Steen, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., and COMPTON, STEPHENSON, LACY, HASSELL and KEENAN, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.


STEPHENSON, Justice.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the plaintiffs' actions are barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act (the Act). Former Code § 65.1-40 (now Code § 65.2-307).

The two actions arose from an accident that occurred on March 24, 1988, in the City of Charlottesville, which resulted in the death of Billy Ray Viers and in personal injuries to David Johnson. When the accident occurred...

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