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· 9/22/1927

King v. Empire Collieries Co.

Citations

  • 148 Va. 585
  • 139 S.E. 478
  • 58 A.L.R. 193
  • 1927 Va. LEXIS 257

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that “willful,” as applied to the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Statute, “imports something more than a mere exercise of the will in doing the act. It imports a wrongful intention.”
  • applying the statutory term “willful” in the context of a failure or refusal to perform a duty required by statute
  • interpreting Section 14 of the former Workmen’s Compensation Act, now Code § 65.2-306

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Judges: Burks

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