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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58895</law_id><section_number>65.2-706.1</section_number><catch_line>Estoppel effect of a Virginia Workers&amp;#8217; Compensation Commission determination of employment status</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="65.2">Workers' Compensation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Procedure in Connection With Awards</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A final, unappealed <span class="dictionary">award</span> by the Virginia Workers&#x2019; Compensation <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> that a person is or is not an employee of another for the purpose of obtaining <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> shall estop either of said parties from asserting otherwise in any subsequent action between such parties upon the same claim or <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> in a <span class="dictionary">court</span> of this Commonwealth.</p></section></text><history>1997, c. 333.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
