A. When an accident happens while the employee is employed elsewhere than in this Commonwealth which would entitle him or his dependents to compensation if it had happened in this Commonwealth, the employee or his dependents shall be entitled to compensation, if:
1. The contract of employment was made in this Commonwealth; and
2. The employer's place of business is in this Commonwealth;
provided the contract of employment was not expressly for service exclusively outside of the Commonwealth.
B. However, if an employee shall receive compensation or damages under the laws of any other state, nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to permit a total compensation for the same injury greater than is provided for in this title.
Code 1950, § 65-58; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-61; 1976, c. 151; 1991, c. 355.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 65.2 - Workers' Compensation
Chapter 5 - Compensation and Payment Thereof
§ 65.2-501. Incapacity after permanent loss
§ 65.2-506. Compensation after second injury in same employment
§ 65.2-507. Same employment; when both injuries permanent
§ 65.2-509. Commencement of compensation
§ 65.2-510. Refusal of employment; compensation for partial incapacity
§ 65.2-510.1. Employee imprisonment; suspension of benefits
§ 65.2-511. Compensation to employee's distributees upon his death from any other cause
§ 65.2-512. Compensation to dependents of an employee killed; burial expenses
§ 65.2-514. Special provisions for coal worker's pneumoconiosis claims for total disability or death
§ 65.2-515. Persons conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent
§ 65.2-516. Other cases of dependency
§ 65.2-517. Termination of dependency
§ 65.2-518. Limitation upon total compensation
§ 65.2-519. When limitations inapplicable to injuries arising out of pneumoconiosis
§ 65.2-520. Voluntary payment by employer
§ 65.2-522. Lump sum payments, generally
§ 65.2-523. Lump sum payments to trustees
§ 65.2-524. Failure to pay compensation within two weeks after it becomes due
§ 65.2-525. Who may receive payment and receipt therefor
§ 65.2-526. Payment to junior dependents in good faith
§ 65.2-527. When employee's rights exercised by guardian or trustee
§ 65.2-528. Time limitations on persons under disability
§ 65.2-530. Preferences and priorities
§ 65.2-531. Assignments of compensation; exemption from creditors' claims