The total compensation payable under this title shall in no case be greater than 500 weeks nor shall it exceed the result obtained by multiplying the average weekly wage of the Commonwealth as defined in § 65.2-500 for the applicable year by 500, except in cases of permanent and total incapacity as defined in § 65.2-503 C and in cases of permanent disability under subdivision A 4 of § 65.2-504 and death from coal worker's pneumoconiosis under § 65.2-513.
Code 1950, § 65-68; 1952, c. 226; 1954, c. 654; 1956, c. 243; 1958, c. 568; 1960, c. 556; 1964, c. 94; 1966, c. 64; 1968, cc. 8, 660, § 65.1-71; 1970, c. 470; 1972, c. 229; 1973, c. 542; 1974, c. 560; 1975, c. 447; 1991, c. 355; 1997, c. 511.
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