Every person suffering death from a mob attempting to lynch another person shall come within the provisions of this article, and his personal representative shall be entitled to relief in the same manner and to the same extent as if he were the originally intended victim of such mob.
Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-45
Persons suffering death from mob attempting to lynch another person
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 119 F. Supp. 3d 420 - White v. Chapman (2015)
Most recently applied in 119 F. Supp. 3d 420 - White v. Chapman (April 2015)
Code 1950, § 18.1-34; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.