WOOTEN v. STATE COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER

No. 10847.

95 S.E.2d 643 (1957)

Benjamin M. WOOTEN v. STATE COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER and Lillybrook Coal Co.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided February 19, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ned H. Ragland, Beckley, for appellant.

Scherer, Bowers & File, L. L. Scherer, Beckley, for appellee.


BROWNING, Judge.

Benjamin M. Wooten, hereinafter referred to as claimant, appeals from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board affirming an order of the State Compensation Commissioner denying claimant's application for silicosis benefits on the ground "claimant was not injuriously exposed to the hazard of silicon dioxide dust for a continuous period of not less than sixty days within two years prior to the filing of his application."

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