David White Crane Service v. Howell

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that the provision confers “immunity from a common-law action in tort”
• recognizing that the provision confers “immunity from a common-law action in tort”
• noting that “[a]lthough statutory co-employees are not the injured worker’s statutory employers, and are therefore not liable for the payment of workers’ compensation benefits to him, they come within the canopy of the Act”
• “The injured employee may have a common-law action against a third-party tortfeasor for accidental injuries sustained while working for his employer, but only if the third-party tortfeasor is a ‘stranger to the work.’”
• “Because the purpose of the [VWCA] is to bring within its operation all persons who are engaged in the trade, business or occupation of the contractor who engages to perform the work, all such persons are entitled to the protection afforded by Code § 65.2-307.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).