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PERTEE v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMP. COM'R

No. 14406.

255 S.E.2d 914 (1979)

Donald Ray PERTEE v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER and United States Steel Corporation.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

June 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ballard & Brumfield, McGinnis E. Hatfield, Welch, for appellant.

Love, Wise, Robinson & Woodroe, George W. S. Grove, Jr., Charleston, for appellees.

MILLER, Justice:

In this appeal the claimant, Donald Ray Pertee, argues that the State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner and the Appeal Board erred in not finding him permanently and totally disabled under the second injury life award statute, W.Va.Code, 23-3-1, by virtue of the combined effects of six inguinal hernia injuries. We agree with the claimant's position.

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The employer, United States Steel Corporation, initially raises the question...

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