8.01-420.5 - Estoppel effect of judicial determination of employment status.

§ 8.01-420.5. Estoppel effect of judicial determination of employment status.

A final, unappealed order entered by a circuit court of this Commonwealththat a person is or is not an employee of another for the purpose ofobtaining jurisdiction shall estop either of said parties from assertingotherwise in any subsequent action between such parties upon the same claimor cause of action before a court of this Commonwealth or the VirginiaWorkers' Compensation Commission.

(1997, c. 333.)