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No. 10-2188
JEROME MCLAUGHLIN,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
SAFWAY
SERVICES,
Incorporated,
LLC,
a/k/a
Thyssen
Krupp
Safway,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria.
Leonie M. Brinkema,
District Judge. (1:10-cv-00627-LMB-IDD)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
While
employed
with
Covanta
Energy
Corporation
McLaughlin received
The district
for
exclusivity
lack
of
provision
review
of
jurisdiction,
the
VWCA
concluding
barred
McLaughlin appealed.
the
district
courts
that
the
McLaughlins
tort
We affirm.
dismissal
of
Williams v.
remedies
provided
by
the
VWCA
are
generally
Anderson
v.
Dillow,
553
S.E.2d
526,
527
(Va.
2001); Stone v. Door-Man Mfg. Co., 537 S.E.2d 305, 307 (Va.
2000).
allows
An
exception
maintaining
an
to
the
action
exclusivity
against
provision,
the
however,
tortfeasor
if
the
suit,
the
defendant
must
be
stranger
to
the
trade,
537
S.E.2d
at
311;
Stewart
v.
Bass
Constr.
Co.,
288
dispense
with
we
oral
affirm
the
argument
3
district
because
the
courts
facts
judgment.
and
legal
AFFIRMED