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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376577</law_id><section_number>65.2-301.1</section_number><catch_line>Public safety officers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="138" identifier="65.2">Workers' Compensation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="3">Application and Effect of Title</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In situations where weather constitutes a particular risk of a public safety officer&#x2019;s employment and where the public safety officer&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">injury</span> arose out of and in the course of his employment, absent a misconduct defense asserted pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="When compensation not allowed for injury or death; burden of proof" href="/65.2-306/">65.2-306</a>, such <span class="dictionary">injury</span> shall be compensable under this title. As used in this section, &#x201C;public safety officer&#x201D; shall have the meaning ascribed to it in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Public safety officer defined" href="/9.1-801/">9.1-801</a>.</p></section></text><history>2013, cc. 174, 458.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Shannon Conner v. City of Danville</name><case_number>1486184</case_number><citation>826 S.E.2d 337</citation><date>2019-04-23</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4612367/shannon-conner-v-city-of-danville/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item><item key="1"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Cary O'Donoghue v. United Continental Holdings, Inc. and .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>1149184</case_number><citation>824 S.E.2d 519</citation><date>2019-03-26</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4603610/cary-odonoghue-v-united-continental-holdings-inc-and-united-airlines/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Court of Appeals">COA</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
