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· 3/3/1989

Reamer v. National Service Industries

Citations

  • 377 S.E.2d 627
  • 237 Va. 466
  • 5 Va. Law Rep. 2035
  • 1989 Va. LEXIS 47

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding employee’s sexual assaults by customer who was personally acquainted with employee was “purely personal in nature” and thus fell outside VWCA
  • “A physical assault may constitute an ‘accident’ . . . when it appears that it was a result of an actual risk arising out of employment.”
  • sexual assaults which were purely personal in nature, both in motivation and in consummation, did not arise out of employment and were not covered by worker’s compensation
  • physical assaults suffered by employee while on the job

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Judges: Compton, Stephenson, Russell, Thomas, Whiting, Lacy, Poff

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