Mills v. Virginia Electric and Power Company

How courts have described this case

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• holding that willful misconduct on the part of a lineman working around energized wires precluded recovery where “[the employee] knew of and violated the reasonable rule that required him to wear rubber gloves for his own safety”
• holding that willful misconduct on the part of a lineman working around energized wires precluded recovery where “[the employee] knew of and violated the reasonable rule that required him to wear rubber gloves for his own safety”
• affirming denial of workers’ compensation award where credible evidence supported the Commission’s finding that the employee’s violation of a rule to wear rubber gloves while working on power lines was the proximate cause of his injury

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