                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

COMPENSATION TO EMPLOYEE&#8217;S DISTRIBUTEES UPON HIS DEATH FROM ANY OTHER
CAUSE (§ 65.2-511)

When an employee receives or is entitled to compensation under this title for an
injury covered by § 65.2-503 and dies from a cause other than the injury for
which he was entitled to compensation, payment of the unpaid balance of
compensation shall be made to his statutory dependents under this chapter, in
lieu of the compensation the employee would have been entitled to had he lived.
However, if the death is due to a cause that is compensable under this title and
the dependents of such employee are awarded compensation therefor, all right to
unpaid compensation provided by this section shall terminate.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 65-61; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-64; 1991, c. 355.