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This law was first created in 1997. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 390<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1998, chapter 695<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1451299,"object_type":"law","relational_id":364060,"identifier":"45.2-1143","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/5\/45.2-1143","url":"\/45.2-1143\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/45.2-1143\/","token":"45.2\/III\/A\/11\/5\/45.2-1143","dublin_core":{"Title":" Workers’ compensation; liability","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 45.2-1143","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For the purpose of workers’ compensation coverage during any mine disaster to which a state-designated mine rescue team responds under the provisions of this article, each member of the state-designated team shall be deemed to be within the employment of the licensed operator of the mine at which the disaster occurred. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No member of a state-designated team engaging in rescue work at a mine shall be liable for civil damages<\/span> for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such rescue work unless the act or omission was the result of gross negligence<\/span> or willful misconduct. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> No operator providing personnel to a state-designated mine rescue team to engage in rescue work at a mine not owned or operated by the operator shall be liable for any civil damages<\/span> for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering of such rescue work. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n WORKERS’ COMPENSATION; LIABILITY (\u00a7 45.2-1143)\n\nA. For the purpose of workers’ compensation coverage during any mine\ndisaster to which a state-designated mine rescue team responds under the\nprovisions of this article, each member of the state-designated team shall be\ndeemed to be within the employment of the licensed operator of the mine at which\nthe disaster occurred.\n\nB. No member of a state-designated team engaging in rescue work at a mine shall\nbe liable for civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering\nof such rescue work unless the act or omission was the result of gross\nnegligence or willful misconduct.\n\nC. No operator providing personnel to a state-designated mine rescue team to\nengage in rescue work at a mine not owned or operated by the operator shall be\nliable for any civil damages for acts or omissions resulting from the rendering\nof such rescue work.\n\nHISTORY: 1997, c. 390, \u00a7 45.1-161.292:49; 1998, c. 695; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.\n387.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}