CODE OF VIRGINIA

LIMITATION UPON TOTAL COMPENSATION (§ 65.2-518)

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.

HISTORY: 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.