Opinion by Chief Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.
The circuit court sustained a plea in bar and dismissed this wrongful death action on the basis that the plaintiff's exclusive remedy is under the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act (the Act), Code §§ 65.2-100 through -1310. The primary issue is whether an employee of a general contractor, hired by an owner to construct warehouse buildings, was engaged in the "trade, business or occupation" of the owner under Code...
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