Skip to page content
V★TE FILESUnited States edition
Independent · nonpartisan
Illustrative anonymous person approaching a public clerk intake window
State court of last resort · ST-VA-SC

City of Danville v. Tate (ORDER)

No. 140011Supreme Court of Virginia

140011 City of Danville v. Tate (ORDER) 01/08/2015 The jurisdiction of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission is limited to issues directly or necessarily related to the right of an employee to workers'…

Clerk language is kept verbatim. Vote Files does not infer who is winning.
01
The caption

The parties exactly as the court lists them—not a claim about the merits.

02
The movement

Orders, motions, and filings in the clerk's own words and sequence.

03
The proof

The official docket and available court documents attached to every update.

Current update

140011 City of Danville v. Tate (ORDER) 01/08/2015 The jurisdiction of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission is limited t…

At a glance
Court
Supreme Court of Virginia
First seen
Oct 4, 2026
Last entry
Jan 8, 2015
Policy at issue

No bill or executive-order citation is attached to this file.

Official docket

Case timeline

The clerk's wording is shown verbatim and linked to the court's own document page where available.

Docket entry

140011 City of Danville v. Tate (ORDER) 01/08/2015 The jurisdiction of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission is limited to issues directly or necessarily related to the right of an employee to workers' compensation for a work-related injury. Thus, the Commission had no jurisdiction to decide a dispute in which a city sought recovery of sick leave payments it had made to a retired firefighter - no more than the Commission would have jurisdiction to decide a dispute over any other employment benefit such as annual leave or maternity leave. The circuit court thus erred in holding that the Commission rather than the court had jurisdiction over this case, but it nevertheless reached the…

Open court document ↗