Va. Code § 65.2-706.1: Estoppel effect of a Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission determination of employment status

A final, unappealed award by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission that a person is or is not an employee of another for the purpose of obtaining jurisdiction shall estop either of said parties from asserting otherwise in any subsequent action between such parties upon the same claim or cause of action in a court of this Commonwealth.1997, c. 333.