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ROBERTS v. CITY OF ALEXANDRIA

Record No. 920856.

431 S.E.2d 275 (1993)

Debbra Lynn ROBERTS v. CITY OF ALEXANDRIA.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 11, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nina J. Ginsberg, Alexandria (DiMuro, Ginsberg & Lieberman, on brief), for appellant.

Philip Sunderland, City Atty. (George McAndrews, Asst. City Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., COMPTON, STEPHENSON, LACY, HASSELL and KEENAN, JJ., and POFF, Senior Justice.

COMPTON, Justice.

In this personal injury suit against a municipality brought by an employee of an independent contractor providing medical services at the municipality's detention center, the broad question is whether the employee's common-law action is barred on the ground that her exclusive remedy is under the Workers' Compensation Act (the Act). More precisely, the issue is whether the municipality was the plaintiff's statutory employer under the Act.

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