65.2-518 - Limitation upon total compensation.

§ 65.2-518. Limitation upon total compensation.

The total compensation payable under this title shall in no case be greaterthan 500 weeks nor shall it exceed the result obtained by multiplying theaverage weekly wage of the Commonwealth as defined in § 65.2-500 for theapplicable year by 500, except in cases of permanent and total incapacity asdefined in § 65.2-503 C and in cases of permanent disability undersubdivision A 4 of § 65.2-504 and death from coal worker's pneumoconiosisunder § 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.)