CODE OF VIRGINIA

RECOVERY FROM SUBCONTRACTOR; PROCEEDINGS AGAINST OWNER OR CONTRACTOR (§
65.2-303)

A. Nothing in §§ 65.2-302 and 65.2-304 shall be construed as preventing a
worker from recovering compensation under this title from a subcontractor (as
described in § 65.2-302) instead of from the principal contractor (as described
in § 65.2-302) but he shall not collect from both.

B. When compensation is claimed from or proceedings are taken against the owner
or contractor (as described in § 65.2-302), then, in the application of this
title, reference to the owner or contractor shall be substituted for reference
to the subcontractor (as described in § 65.2-302), except that the amount of
compensation shall be calculated with reference to the earnings of the worker
under the subcontractor by whom he is immediately employed.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 65-29, 65-31; 1968, c. 660, §§ 65.1-32, 65.1-34;
1991, c. 355.