RAINES v. STATE COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER

No. 11047.

108 S.E.2d 519 (1959)

Herbert A. RAINES v. STATE COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER and New River Company.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 12, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mahan, White, Higgins & Graney, Fayetteville, for appellant.

M. E. Boiarsky, R. L. Theibert, Charleston, for appellee.


BROWNING, Judge.

Claimant, Herbert A. Raines, filed application for silicosis benefits with the State Compensation Commissioner on August 17, 1957. The Commissioner made the appropriate non-medical findings in regard to exposure and referred the claim to the Silicosis Medical Board, who examined the claimant and reported its finding, under date of February 4, 1958, that claimant was suffering from silicosis in its second stage. Claimant protested this finding and...

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