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CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH v. COMPTON-WALDROP

Record No. 952224.

477 S.E.2d 514 (1996)

252 Va. 302

CITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT v. Joye Annette COMPTON-WALDROP, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Steven Emmert (Charles B. Miller, on briefs), for appellant.

Michael A. Kernback (Jack T. Burgess & Associates, on brief), for appellee.

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

STEPHENSON, Justice.

In this appeal, we decide whether a person, at the time she was killed, was an employee of the City of Virginia Beach within the definition of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, Code § 65.2-100 et seq. (the Act), and thus entitled to benefits.

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Joye Annette Compton-Waldrop was killed while rendering assistance at the scene of an automobile accident. Her estate filed a workers' compensation claim for death benefits...

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