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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76693</law_id><section_number>38.2-4404</section_number><catch_line>Liability of participating providers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="38.2">Insurance</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="44">Legal Services Plans</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except for a <span class="dictionary">plan</span> established pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="The Virginia State Bar may sponsor plans" href="/38.2-4403/">38.2-4403</a>, all <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">participating providers</span></span> in a <span class="dictionary">plan</span> shall be jointly and severally liable on all <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> made for the purposes of the <span class="dictionary">plan</span> by the <span class="dictionary">organization</span> as agent for them. Each <span class="dictionary">contract</span> may be executed and signed by their agent on their behalf. A <span class="dictionary">contract</span> so signed shall be binding on the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">participating providers</span></span> and not on the agent. <a id="paragraph-275300" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4404/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Actions for breach of these <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> may be brought against the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">participating providers</span></span> by naming the agent as the sole <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>. A <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> in favor of the <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span> may be satisfied out of the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the <span class="dictionary">legal services organization</span> or out of the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of each of the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">participating providers</span></span>. <a id="paragraph-275301" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4404/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">participating provider</span> shall be liable for his own <span class="dictionary">torts</span> and not for the <span class="dictionary">torts</span> of any other <span class="dictionary">participating provider</span> or of the agent. <a id="paragraph-275302" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/38.2-4404/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1978, c. 658, &#xA7; 38.1-794; 1982, c. 387; 1986, c. 562; 1994, c. 224.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
