8.01-227.5 - Persons who may bring action; persons against whom actions may be brought; damages recoverable.
§ 8.01-227.5. Persons who may bring action; persons against whom actions maybe brought; damages recoverable.
A. A parent or legal custodian may bring an action for damages incurredbecause of his child's unlawful use of a controlled substance while under theage of eighteen against a natural person age eighteen years or older whosold, administered, furnished or knowingly participated in the unlawfuldistribution of a controlled substance to the child.
B. A parent or legal custodian entitled to bring an action under this articlemay recover damages limited to physical and emotional pain and suffering, thecost of treatment and rehabilitation and medical expenses, proximately causedto the parent or legal custodian by the child's unlawful use of a controlledsubstance.
(2002, c. 863.)