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Gibbs v. Newport News Shipbuildng & Drydock Co.

FILED status graphic: Gibbs v. Newport News Shipbuildng & Drydock Co.. 111870 Gibbs v. Newport News Shipbuildng & Drydock Co. 11/01/2012 The exclusivity provision of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Act, Code § 65.2-307(A), applies only when an employer and employee have both accepted the provisions of the Act, respectively, to pay and accept compensation. Because the United States Navy would not in any circumstances have been liable to pay compensation under the Act, it was not a shipyard's statutory employer in a wrongful death case arising from asbestos expos…
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