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If the Commission or a court on appeal from the Commission makes a finding in a final unappealed order based on an evidentiary hearing, hearing on the record, or a factual stipulation of the parties that the claims relating to an accident, injury, disease, or death did not arise out of or in the course of such employee’s employment, then that finding shall be res judicata and estop those same parties from arguing before a court of the Commonwealth that the accident is barred by the exclusivity provisions of the Act. However, except in the case of a self-insured employer or business entity closely related to a party to the court proceeding, in order for the court finding to be res judicata as to a non-party, notice shall be provided in the same manner as allowed in subsection F of § 38.2-2206 or § 8.01-288 to any employer, uninsured employer’s fund, guarantee fund, responsible entities, or statutory employer sought to be bound. In addition, any such entities so notified shall be given the same opportunity to be heard in that court proceeding as a party to the same, but limited to the issue of whether the accident, injury, disease, or death arose out of and in the course of the employee’s employment. Failure to provide notice to any party to the court proceeding shall not affect the rights, privileges, or obligations of said parties thereto but shall affect only the applicability of this subsection and only as stated herein. Furthermore, the findings by either the Commission or the court under this subsection shall not prevent the parties and participants to those proceedings from raising or relying upon any and all other available defenses.C\n\nNotwithstanding this exclusion, nothing in the Act shall bar an employer from voluntarily agreeing to pay an employee compensation above and beyond those benefits provided for in the Act. Nothing herein, however, shall be deemed to affect or alter any existing right or remedy of the employer or employee under the Act.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":202217,"text":"The rights and remedies herein granted to an employee when his employer and he have accepted the provisions of this title respectively to pay and accept compensation on account of injury or death by accident shall exclude all other rights and remedies of such employee, his personal representative, parents, dependents, or next of kin, at common law or otherwise, on account of such injury, loss of service, or death.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":202218,"text":"If a court of the Commonwealth makes a finding in a final unappealed order based on an evidentiary hearing or a factual stipulation of the parties and participants thereto that the cause of action relating to an accident, injury, disease, or death is barred by this section, that finding shall be res judicata between those same parties and estop them and any employer, uninsured employer’s fund, guarantee fund, responsible entities, or statutory employer from arguing before the Commission that the accident, injury, disease, or death did not arise out of and in the course of such employee’s employment. If the Commission or a court on appeal from the Commission makes a finding in a final unappealed order based on an evidentiary hearing, hearing on the record, or a factual stipulation of the parties that the claims relating to an accident, injury, disease, or death did not arise out of or in the course of such employee’s employment, then that finding shall be res judicata and estop those same parties from arguing before a court of the Commonwealth that the accident is barred by the exclusivity provisions of the Act. However, except in the case of a self-insured employer or business entity closely related to a party to the court proceeding, in order for the court finding to be res judicata as to a non-party, notice shall be provided in the same manner as allowed in subsection F of § 38.2-2206 or § 8.01-288 to any employer, uninsured employer’s fund, guarantee fund, responsible entities, or statutory employer sought to be bound. In addition, any such entities so notified shall be given the same opportunity to be heard in that court proceeding as a party to the same, but limited to the issue of whether the accident, injury, disease, or death arose out of and in the course of the employee’s employment. Failure to provide notice to any party to the court proceeding shall not affect the rights, privileges, or obligations of said parties thereto but shall affect only the applicability of this subsection and only as stated herein. Furthermore, the findings by either the Commission or the court under this subsection shall not prevent the parties and participants to those proceedings from raising or relying upon any and all other available defenses.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":202219,"text":"Notwithstanding this exclusion, nothing in the Act shall bar an employer from voluntarily agreeing to pay an employee compensation above and beyond those benefits provided for in the Act. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 660; in 1991, chapter 355; in 1999, chapter 842<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 606<\/a> and 624<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":68170,"section_number":"59.1-414","catch_line":"Application","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-414\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76965,"section_number":"38.2-2206","catch_line":"Uninsured motorist insurance coverage","order_by":null,"url":"\/38.2-2206\/"},{"id":80740,"section_number":"8.01-288","catch_line":"Process received in time good though neither served nor accepted","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-288\/"}],"permalink":{"id":276323,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55160,"identifier":"65.2-307","token":"65.2\/3\/65.2-307","url":"\/65.2-307\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/65.2-307\/","token":"65.2\/3\/65.2-307","dublin_core":{"Title":"Employee’s rights under Act exclude all others; exception","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 65.2-307","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The rights and remedies herein granted to an employee when his employer<\/span> and he have accepted the provisions of this title respectively to pay and accept compensation on account of injury<\/span> or death by accident shall exclude all other rights and remedies of such employee, his personal representative, parents, dependents, or next of kin, at common law<\/span> or otherwise, on account of such injury<\/span>, loss of service, or death. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If a court<\/span> of the Commonwealth makes a finding<\/span> in a final unappealed order<\/span> based on an evidentiary hearing<\/span> or a factual stipulation<\/span> of the parties and participants thereto that the cause of action<\/span> relating to an accident, injury<\/span>, disease, or death is barred by this section, that finding<\/span> shall be res judicata between those same parties and estop them and any employer<\/span>, uninsured employer<\/span>’s fund, guarantee fund, responsible entities, or statutory employer<\/span> from arguing before the Commission<\/span> that the accident, injury<\/span>, disease, or death did not arise out of and in the course of such employee’s employment. If the Commission<\/span> or a court<\/span> on appeal<\/span> from the Commission<\/span> makes a finding<\/span> in a final unappealed order<\/span> based on an evidentiary hearing<\/span>, hearing<\/span> on the record, or a factual stipulation<\/span> of the parties that the claims relating to an accident, injury<\/span>, disease, or death did not arise out of or in the course of such employee’s employment, then that finding<\/span> shall be res judicata and estop those same parties from arguing before a court<\/span> of the Commonwealth that the accident is barred by the exclusivity provisions of the Act. However, except in the case of a self-insured employer<\/span> or business entity closely related to a party<\/span> to the court<\/span> proceeding, in order<\/span> for the court<\/span> finding<\/span> to be res judicata as to a non-party<\/span>, notice shall be provided in the same manner as allowed in subsection F of § 38.2-2206<\/a> or § 8.01-288<\/a> to any employer<\/span>, uninsured employer<\/span>’s fund, guarantee fund, responsible entities, or statutory employer<\/span> sought to be bound. In addition, any such entities so notified shall be given the same opportunity to be heard in that court<\/span> proceeding as a party<\/span> to the same, but limited to the issue<\/span> of whether the accident, injury<\/span>, disease, or death arose out of and in the course of the employee’s employment. Failure to provide notice to any party<\/span> to the court<\/span> proceeding shall not affect the rights, privileges<\/span>, or obligations of said parties thereto but shall affect only the applicability of this subsection and only as stated herein. Furthermore, the findings<\/span> by either the Commission<\/span> or the court<\/span> under this subsection shall not prevent the parties and participants to those proceedings from raising or relying upon any and all other available defenses. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Notwithstanding this exclusion, nothing in the Act shall bar an employer<\/span> from voluntarily agreeing to pay an employee compensation above and beyond those benefits provided for in the Act. Nothing herein, however, shall be deemed to affect or alter any existing right or remedy of the employer<\/span> or employee under the Act. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMPLOYEE’S RIGHTS UNDER ACT EXCLUDE ALL OTHERS; EXCEPTION (\u00a7 65.2-307)\n\nA. The rights and remedies herein granted to an employee when his employer and\nhe have accepted the provisions of this title respectively to pay and accept\ncompensation on account of injury or death by accident shall exclude all other\nrights and remedies of such employee, his personal representative, parents,\ndependents, or next of kin, at common law or otherwise, on account of such\ninjury, loss of service, or death.\n\nB. If a court of the Commonwealth makes a finding in a final unappealed order\nbased on an evidentiary hearing or a factual stipulation of the parties and\nparticipants thereto that the cause of action relating to an accident, injury,\ndisease, or death is barred by this section, that finding shall be res judicata\nbetween those same parties and estop them and any employer, uninsured\nemployer’s fund, guarantee fund, responsible entities, or statutory\nemployer from arguing before the Commission that the accident, injury, disease,\nor death did not arise out of and in the course of such employee’s\nemployment. If the Commission or a court on appeal from the Commission makes a\nfinding in a final unappealed order based on an evidentiary hearing, hearing on\nthe record, or a factual stipulation of the parties that the claims relating to\nan accident, injury, disease, or death did not arise out of or in the course of\nsuch employee’s employment, then that finding shall be res judicata and\nestop those same parties from arguing before a court of the Commonwealth that\nthe accident is barred by the exclusivity provisions of the Act. However, except\nin the case of a self-insured employer or business entity closely related to a\nparty to the court proceeding, in order for the court finding to be res judicata\nas to a non-party, notice shall be provided in the same manner as allowed in\nsubsection F of § 38.2-2206 or § 8.01-288 to any employer, uninsured\nemployer’s fund, guarantee fund, responsible entities, or statutory\nemployer sought to be bound. In addition, any such entities so notified shall be\ngiven the same opportunity to be heard in that court proceeding as a party to\nthe same, but limited to the issue of whether the accident, injury, disease, or\ndeath arose out of and in the course of the employee’s employment. Failure\nto provide notice to any party to the court proceeding shall not affect the\nrights, privileges, or obligations of said parties thereto but shall affect only\nthe applicability of this subsection and only as stated herein. Furthermore, the\nfindings by either the Commission or the court under this subsection shall not\nprevent the parties and participants to those proceedings from raising or\nrelying upon any and all other available defenses.\n\nC. Notwithstanding this exclusion, nothing in the Act shall bar an employer from\nvoluntarily agreeing to pay an employee compensation above and beyond those\nbenefits provided for in the Act. Nothing herein, however, shall be deemed to\naffect or alter any existing right or remedy of the employer or employee under\nthe Act.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 65-37; 1968, c. 660, \u00a7 65.1-40; 1991, c. 355; 1999, c.\n842; 2015, cc. 606, 624.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}