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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377205</law_id><section_number>8.01-37</section_number><catch_line>Recovery of lost wages in action for injuries to emancipated infant</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="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Injury to Person or Property</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In any <span class="dictionary">suit</span> for personal injuries brought on behalf of an emancipated infant, when such infant has sustained lost wages as a result of such injuries, he shall be entitled to recover such lost wages as a part of his <span class="dictionary">damages</span>. Where recovery is made hereunder or where recovery is attempted to be made and a decision on the merits adverse to said infant results, no other <span class="dictionary">person</span> may recover such lost wages.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-629.1; 1970, c. 421; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>Hutto v. Bic Corp.</name><case_number>Civ. A. 91-644-N</case_number><citation>800 F. Supp. 1367</citation><date>1992-08-07</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1393546/hutto-v-bic-corp/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 800 F.Supp. 1367 (1992) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, E.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
