POCAHONTAS FUEL COMPANY v. AGEE


112 S.E.2d 835 (1960)

201 Va. 678

POCAHONTAS FUEL COMPANY, Inc. v. Clinton Willard AGEE.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 7, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Gillespie, Tazewell, for appellant.

David T. Kennedy, Beckley, W. Va., for the appellee.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD and I'ANSON, JJ.


MILLER, Justice.

The principal question presented is whether the evidence justified the Industrial Commission in finding that claimant had suffered total incapacity for work from silicosis, the occupational disease with which he was afflicted.

The evidence was presented to a hearing commissioner who found that claimant had sustained a total wage loss as a result of an occupational disease contracted while in the employ of the company. Although he found that...

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