GRIFFITH v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COM'R

No. 13437.

205 S.E.2d 157 (1974)

Herbert A. GRIFFITH v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER and United States Steel Corporation.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

May 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Campbell, Love, Woodroe & Kizer, George W. S. Grove, Jr., Charleston, for appellant.

J. Thomas Lane, Legal Div., Workmen's Compensation, Charleston, for State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner.


HADEN, Justice:

This is an appeal by United States Steel Corporation from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board affirming a previous order of the Workmen's Compensation Commissioner which had granted the claimant Griffith a life award under the second injury provision of West Virginia Code, chapter 23, article 3, section 1, as amended. In this case the claimant first was found to be 40% impaired in his capacity to work due to occupational pneumoconiosis...

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