RAMSEY v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COM'R

No. 12904.

173 S.E.2d 88 (1970)

Ruth RAMSEY, Widow of Gordon T. Ramsey v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER, and Badger Coal Company, Inc., a corporation.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided March 17, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart McReynolds, Howard Caplan, McReynolds & Caplan, Clarksburg, for appellant.

R. L. Theibert, Charleston, for appellee.


BROWNING, President.

Gordon T. Ramsey, a fifty-nine year old coal miner, employed by the Badger Coal Company, hereinafter referred to as appellant, was on February 22, 1967, pursuing his usual duties in the bottom of a coal storage bin. He was working with one Scott who asked Ramsey to get a file from a tool chest which was situated on the third floor of the cleaning plant. Scott said Ramsey proceeded by a walkway to the...

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