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BARKSDALE v. H. O. ENGEN, INC.

Record No. 761491.

237 S.E.2d 794 (1977)

Bunion BARKSDALE v. H. O. ENGEN, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Robinson, Jr., Richmond (Alexander H. Slaughter, Richmond, Aaron M. Levine, Washington, D. C., McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

William O. Snead, III, Lexington (Brian H. Rhatigan, Carr, Jordan, Coyne & Savits, Fairfax, on brief), for appellees.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.

COCHRAN, Justice.

The question presented in this appeal is whether an employee's claim under the Workmen's Compensation Act is barred by the one-year limitation in effect at the time of his injury when within one year after the accident the limitation period was increased to two years.

On July 25, 1974, Bunion Barksdale sustained a work-related injury to his eye. At that time Code § 65.1-87 (Repl. Vol. 1973) provided that compensation under the Workmen...

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