MANDOLIDIS v. ELKINS INDUSTRIES, INC.

Nos. 13926, 13982 and 13983.

246 S.E.2d 907 (1978)

James MANDOLIDIS et al. v. ELKINS INDUSTRIES, INC. Carl Ray SNODGRASS v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORP. Mary Kay DISHMON, Admx. v. EASTERN ASSOCIATED COAL CORP.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Dissenting Opinion July 11, 1978.

Concurring Opinion August 15, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cardot, Kent & Queen, James A. Kent, Jr., Elkins, Calwell, Steele, McCormick & Peyton, W. Stuart Calwell, Jr., Nitro, for appellants in No. 13926.

Brown, Harner & Busch, John F. Brown, Jr., Elkins, for appellee in No. 13926.

DiTrapano, Mitchell, Lawson & Field, John R. Mitchell, Charleston, for appellants in No. 13982.

Steptoe & Johnson, Edward W. Eardley, Charleston, for appellee Baker, in No. 13982.

Kay, Casto & Chaney, Don R. Sensabaugh, Jr., Charleston, for appellee P. A. Drill, in No. 13982.

Love, Wise, Robinson & Woodroe, Charles M. Love and David A. Faber, Charleston, for appellee U. S. Steel, in No. 13982.

Edward G. Atkins, Charleston, for appellant in No. 13983.

Shaffer, Theibert, Ikner & Schlaegel, H. G. Shaffer, Jr., Madison, for appellee in No. 13983.

Spilman, Thomas, Battle & Klostermeyer, Lee F. Feinberg and James H. Davis, III, Charleston, amicus curiae for WV Manufacturers Ass'n.

Jackson, Kelly, Holt & O'Farrell, John L. McClaugherty and Alvin L. Emch, Charleston, amicus curiae for WV Farm Bureau; WV Homebuilders Assoc.; WV Retailers Assoc.; WV Auto. Dealers Assoc.; WV Chamber of Commerce; WV Coal Assoc.; WV Surface Mining and Reclamation Assoc.; WV Oil and Natural Gas Assoc.; WV Motor Truck Assoc.; Contractors Assoc. of WV; and WV Restaurant and Licensed Beverage Assoc.

James B. McIntyre, McIntyre & Jordan, Charleston, amicus curiae for WV Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.

George G. Burnette, Jr., Charleston, amicus curiae for Dist. 17, United Mine Workers of America.

Ross Maruka, Fairmont, amicus curiae for Dist. 31, United Mine Workers of America.

Harrison Combs, Washington, D. C., James M. Haviland, Charleston, amicus curiae for International Union, United Mine Workers of America.


McGRAW, Justice:

For purposes of decision, the Court has consolidated three cases here on writs of error. Each case involves a tort action brought by employees or their heirs against employers subject to this state's Workmen's Compensation Act.

Each action arises from injuries or deaths suffered by employees during the course of and as a result of their employment. Notwithstanding...

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